Examiner Michael Varco

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2009 (195 months ago).

Examiner Michael Varco appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 7.1%, they average 1.00 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 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 1 years (2009-2009)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1790 - Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 14
Granted Applications: 1
Non-Granted Applications: 13
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: December 2009 (195 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1795
Work Groups Seen: 1790 - Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	7.1%	1.00
Art Unit	44	40.4%	1.85
Group	307	37.1%	2.11
Tech Center	1,713	47.3%	2.14
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	14	1	7.1%
No observed data after 2009; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	14	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	0.0%
2	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%