Examiner Chukwuma O. Nwaonicha

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2010 (188 months ago).

Examiner Chukwuma O. Nwaonicha appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 75.1%, they average 1.83 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.83

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2008-2010)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 237
Granted Applications: 178
Non-Granted Applications: 59
Avg OA / Grant: 1.83
Last OA Observed: August 2010 (188 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1621 , 1626
Work Groups Seen: 1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	75.1%	1.83
Art Unit	33	46.3%	1.73
Group	248	48.3%	1.76
Tech Center	1,349	39.5%	2.02
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	70	45	64.3%
2009	116	93	80.2%
2010	51	40	78.4%
No observed data after 2010; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

178 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	237	1.3%	21.1%	40.1%	16.5%
2	114	0.0%	10.5%	50.9%	19.3%
3	59	5.1%	23.7%	50.8%	8.5%
4	14	0.0%	7.1%	64.3%	14.3%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	80.0%	20.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

1.1%

2008

1.0%

2009

3.7%

2010

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.