Examiner Justin Bova

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2015 (126 months ago).

Examiner Justin Bova appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.4%, they average 2.36 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.36

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2010-2015)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 161
Granted Applications: 102
Non-Granted Applications: 59
Avg OA / Grant: 2.36
Last OA Observed: September 2015 (126 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1736
Work Groups Seen: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.4%	2.36
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	1	0	0.0%
2011	25	15	60.0%
2012	35	22	62.9%
2013	41	28	68.3%
2014	41	25	61.0%
2015	18	12	66.7%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	161	0.0%	5.0%	64.0%	11.8%
2	105	0.0%	5.7%	75.2%	7.6%
3	58	0.0%	3.4%	62.1%	10.3%
4	31	0.0%	6.5%	67.7%	12.9%
5	12	0.0%	8.3%	50.0%	25.0%
6	6	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%