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by KellDann

Examiner Mario Malcolm

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2014 (139 months ago).

Examiner Mario Malcolm appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 26.1%, they average 2.00 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average
Difficulty vs Group Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC About Average
Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard
Average OA / Grant 2.00
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
2 years (2013-2014)
Tech Center
2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group
2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
23
Granted Applications
6
Non-Granted Applications
17
Avg OA / Grant
2.00
Last OA Observed
September 2014 (139 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2411
Work Groups Seen

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 26.1% 2.00
Art Unit 20 64.6% 2.20
Group 159 54.4% 1.93
Tech Center 1,727 60.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013 2014
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 9 4 44.4%
2014 14 2 14.3%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 23 0.0% 13.0% 82.6% 0.0%
2 16 6.3% 18.8% 56.3% 12.5%
3 12 8.3% 25.0% 58.3% 0.0%
4 6 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%
2012
5.3%
2013
0.0%
2014

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.