Examiner Kurt Mueller
Examiner Kurt Mueller appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 58.4%, they average 3.36 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
About Average
Difficulty vs USPTO
About Average
Average OA / Grant
3.36
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 15 years (2008-2022)
- Tech Center
- 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
- Group
- 2150 - Databases and File Management
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 332
- Granted Applications
- 194
- Non-Granted Applications
- 138
- Avg OA / Grant
- 3.36
- Last OA Observed
- January 2022 (54 months ago)
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 58.4% | 3.36 |
| Art Unit | 17 | 63.7% | 2.71 |
| Group | 118 | 60.0% | 2.65 |
| Tech Center | 1,749 | 54.1% | 2.19 |
| USPTO | 16,348 | 53.5% | 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 | 10 | 1 | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 28 | 21 | 75.0% |
| 2010 | 12 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 2011 | 37 | 19 | 51.4% |
| 2012 | 21 | 15 | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 34 | 21 | 61.8% |
| 2014 | 23 | 18 | 78.3% |
| 2015 | 26 | 15 | 57.7% |
| 2016 | 26 | 9 | 34.6% |
| 2017 | 17 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2018 | 18 | 8 | 44.4% |
| 2019 | 29 | 16 | 55.2% |
| 2020 | 33 | 26 | 78.8% |
| 2021 | 13 | 11 | 84.6% |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | 80.0% |
| No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
194 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 345 | 0.0% | 2.6% | 5.8% | 90.7% |
| 2 | 273 | 0.0% | 1.1% | 3.7% | 95.2% |
| 3 | 188 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.3% | 95.2% |
| 4 | 143 | 0.0% | 0.7% | 2.8% | 96.5% |
| 5 | 88 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 97.7% |
| 6 | 54 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 98.1% |
| 7 | 27 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 8 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 91.7% |
| 9 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 10 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |