Examiner Examiner Douglas Lee

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

Examiner Examiner Douglas Lee appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.6% and they average 1.67 office actions per granted patent.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.67

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2120 - Artificial Intelligence

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 174
Granted Applications: 135
Non-Granted Applications: 39
Avg OA / Grant: 1.67
Last OA Observed: May 2014 (145 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2121 , 2126
Work Groups Seen: 2120 - Artificial Intelligence

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.6%	1.67
Art Unit	38	41.7%	2.16
Group	316	48.6%	1.98
Tech Center	1,706	55.9%	2.19
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	12	7	58.3%
2009	44	31	70.5%
2010	33	24	72.7%
2011	48	41	85.4%
2012	22	20	90.9%
2013	12	9	75.0%
2014	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	174	0.0%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%
2	64	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
3	28	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
4	12	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%