Examiner Timothy Vanoy

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2023 (27 months ago).

Examiner Timothy Vanoy appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.7%, they average 1.18 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.18

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1,735
Granted Applications: 1,608
Non-Granted Applications: 127
Avg OA / Grant: 1.18
Last OA Observed: December 2023 (27 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1734 , 1736 , 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	92.7%	1.18
Art Unit	25	61.0%	1.70
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
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	128	110	85.9%
2009	133	119	89.5%
2010	110	103	93.6%
2011	104	94	90.4%
2012	147	134	91.2%
2013	196	194	99.0%
2014	139	134	96.4%
2015	83	76	91.6%
2016	84	75	89.3%
2017	85	83	97.6%
2018	74	72	97.3%
2019	81	71	87.7%
2020	74	68	91.9%
2021	115	107	93.0%
2022	95	87	91.6%
2023	87	81	93.1%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,608 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,750	2.3%	32.5%	31.8%	10.3%
2	280	2.5%	32.9%	26.4%	3.9%
3	33	6.1%	27.3%	39.4%	6.1%
4	4	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2.1%

2008

1.2%

2009

4.4%

2010

4.2%

2011

3.4%

2012

2.2%

2013

1.3%

2014

4.3%

2015

0.0%

2016

2.0%

2017

0.0%

2018

5.5%

2019

3.8%

2020

0.0%

2021

3.7%

2022

0.9%

2023

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