Examiner Scott M. Kelly

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2013 (158 months ago).

Examiner Scott M. Kelly appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 31.8%, they average 2.29 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 2.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2011-2013)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2170 - Graphical User Interface, Document Processing, Power, and Other

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 44
Granted Applications: 14
Non-Granted Applications: 30
Avg OA / Grant: 2.29
Last OA Observed: April 2013 (158 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2176
Work Groups Seen: 2170 - Graphical User Interface, Document Processing, Power, and Other

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	31.8%	2.29
Art Unit	22	44.6%	2.85
Group	187	49.7%	2.74
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	16	4	25.0%
2012	19	8	42.1%
2013	9	2	22.2%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	44	0.0%	6.8%	86.4%	4.5%
2	26	0.0%	7.7%	92.3%	0.0%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	14.3%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%