Examiner Kirsten Tysl

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2023 (35 months ago).

Examiner Kirsten Tysl appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 57.0%, they average 3.16 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 3.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2019-2023)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 107
Granted Applications: 61
Non-Granted Applications: 46
Avg OA / Grant: 3.16
Last OA Observed: April 2023 (35 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1722
Work Groups Seen: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	57.0%	3.16
Art Unit	24	61.1%	2.02
Group	253	48.9%	2.20
Tech Center	1,713	47.3%	2.14
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 2019; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2019	18	11	61.1%
2020	20	6	30.0%
2021	32	15	46.9%
2022	27	19	70.4%
2023	10	10	100.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	114	0.0%	9.6%	87.7%	0.9%
2	91	0.0%	13.2%	83.5%	2.2%
3	57	0.0%	12.3%	86.0%	0.0%
4	45	0.0%	6.7%	91.1%	2.2%
5	22	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	14	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%