Examiner Caitlin Kiechle

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2017 (108 months ago).

Examiner Caitlin Kiechle appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 52.0%, they average 2.79 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.79

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2007-2017)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 346
Granted Applications: 180
Non-Granted Applications: 166
Avg OA / Grant: 2.79
Last OA Observed: April 2017 (108 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1733 , 1793
Work Groups Seen: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

1790 - Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	52.0%	2.79
Art Unit	30	54.0%	2.02
Group	185	51.5%	1.97
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
2007	4	1	25.0%
2008	36	10	27.8%
2009	54	26	48.1%
2010	32	17	53.1%
2011	42	13	31.0%
2012	26	13	50.0%
2013	48	31	64.6%
2014	42	23	54.8%
2015	11	7	63.6%
2016	38	28	73.7%
2017	13	11	84.6%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	346	0.3%	1.7%	74.9%	0.6%
2	266	0.0%	1.5%	77.4%	1.5%
3	145	0.0%	0.7%	82.8%	2.1%
4	80	0.0%	1.3%	80.0%	2.5%
5	41	0.0%	2.4%	87.8%	0.0%
6	25	0.0%	0.0%	96.0%	4.0%
7	12	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2007

0.7%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

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