Examiner Kevin Ct Li

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2025 (15 months ago).

Examiner Kevin Ct Li appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 65.4%, they average 2.00 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2019-2025)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1780 - Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material, Adhesive Composition, Fabrics

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 266
Granted Applications: 174
Non-Granted Applications: 92
Avg OA / Grant: 2.00
Last OA Observed: February 2025 (15 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1784
Work Groups Seen: 1780 - Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material, Adhesive Composition, Fabrics

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	65.4%	2.00
Art Unit	29	59.7%	2.09
Group	186	42.4%	2.73
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	23	6	26.1%
2020	58	30	51.7%
2021	46	37	80.4%
2022	41	32	78.0%
2023	47	31	66.0%
2024	47	38	80.9%
2025	4	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	282	0.0%	2.1%	92.9%	0.7%
2	183	0.0%	4.4%	94.0%	1.6%
3	79	0.0%	5.1%	94.9%	0.0%
4	31	0.0%	0.0%	96.8%	3.2%
5	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%