Examiner Timothy Barlow

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2015 (124 months ago).

Examiner Timothy Barlow appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 36.0%, they average 2.84 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.84

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2013-2015)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1790 - Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 86
Granted Applications: 31
Non-Granted Applications: 55
Avg OA / Grant: 2.84
Last OA Observed: December 2015 (124 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1775 , 1799
Work Groups Seen: 1770 - Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification

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

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	36.0%	2.84
Art Unit	25	41.7%	2.27
Group	307	37.1%	2.11
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	10	3	30.0%
2014	35	11	31.4%
2015	41	17	41.5%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	86	0.0%	3.5%	90.7%	2.3%
2	53	0.0%	3.8%	86.8%	3.8%
3	27	0.0%	3.7%	96.3%	0.0%
4	15	0.0%	0.0%	86.7%	6.7%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%