Examiner Ralph Gitomer

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2023 (38 months ago).

Examiner Ralph Gitomer appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 71.2%, they average 1.59 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.59

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1,454
Granted Applications: 1,035
Non-Granted Applications: 419
Avg OA / Grant: 1.59
Last OA Observed: January 2023 (38 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1655 , 1657
Work Groups Seen: 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	71.2%	1.59
Art Unit	35	47.1%	2.07
Group	207	41.1%	2.01
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	73	40	54.8%
2009	65	53	81.5%
2010	83	54	65.1%
2011	84	53	63.1%
2012	123	90	73.2%
2013	114	90	78.9%
2014	103	74	71.8%
2015	91	70	76.9%
2016	91	67	73.6%
2017	95	73	76.8%
2018	94	62	66.0%
2019	100	61	61.0%
2020	122	91	74.6%
2021	118	90	76.3%
2022	86	59	68.6%
2023	12	8	66.7%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,035 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,481	0.7%	2.8%	21.3%	70.7%
2	571	2.1%	4.6%	40.1%	47.1%
3	218	0.9%	4.6%	51.8%	39.0%
4	103	0.0%	3.9%	62.1%	32.0%
5	47	0.0%	4.3%	59.6%	36.2%
6	32	0.0%	3.1%	59.4%	34.4%
7	18	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
8	8	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	12.5%
9	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.6%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.8%

2015

0.0%

2016

1.5%

2017

0.6%

2018

1.3%

2019

4.5%

2020

1.8%

2021

2.9%

2022

0.0%

2023

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