Examiner Daniel Mitchell

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2015 (130 months ago).

Examiner Daniel Mitchell appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.4%, they average 2.84 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.84

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 172
Granted Applications: 109
Non-Granted Applications: 63
Avg OA / Grant: 2.84
Last OA Observed: May 2015 (130 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2419 , 2477
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.4%	2.84
Art Unit	21	67.8%	2.23
Group	203	65.0%	1.93
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	2.14
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	16	8	50.0%
2009	26	16	61.5%
2010	23	17	73.9%
2011	30	22	73.3%
2012	21	10	47.6%
2013	29	19	65.5%
2014	24	14	58.3%
2015	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	172	0.0%	2.9%	94.2%	1.7%
2	132	0.0%	0.8%	97.7%	0.0%
3	85	0.0%	1.2%	98.8%	0.0%
4	45	0.0%	0.0%	97.8%	2.2%
5	21	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	14	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%