Examiner Michael K. Tamaru

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2016 (119 months ago).

Examiner Michael K. Tamaru appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 41.8%, they average 2.30 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.30

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2013-2016)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2160 - Databases and File Management

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 55
Granted Applications: 23
Non-Granted Applications: 32
Avg OA / Grant: 2.30
Last OA Observed: June 2016 (119 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2165
Work Groups Seen: 2160 - Databases and File Management

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	41.8%	2.30
Art Unit	30	56.2%	2.59
Group	193	61.2%	2.52
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	14	7	50.0%
2014	17	7	41.2%
2015	17	8	47.1%
2016	7	1	14.3%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	55	0.0%	10.9%	89.1%	0.0%
2	40	0.0%	12.5%	87.5%	0.0%
3	23	0.0%	4.3%	95.7%	0.0%
4	15	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%