Examiner John Ruggles

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2014 (145 months ago).

Examiner John Ruggles appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 65.6%, they average 1.38 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 Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.38

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 163
Granted Applications: 107
Non-Granted Applications: 56
Avg OA / Grant: 1.38
Last OA Observed: March 2014 (145 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1721 , 1795
Work Groups Seen: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

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

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	65.6%	1.38
Art Unit	37	50.6%	2.15
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	24	13	54.2%
2009	28	20	71.4%
2010	32	21	65.6%
2011	21	16	76.2%
2012	27	17	63.0%
2013	24	17	70.8%
2014	7	3	42.9%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	163	0.0%	3.1%	69.3%	9.8%
2	49	0.0%	4.1%	93.9%	2.0%
3	23	0.0%	4.3%	95.7%	0.0%
4	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%