Examiner Krista A. Contino Saumby

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2019 (86 months ago).

Examiner Krista A. Contino Saumby appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 45.1%, they average 3.43 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.43

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2012-2019)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2420 - Cable and Television

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 51
Granted Applications: 23
Non-Granted Applications: 28
Avg OA / Grant: 3.43
Last OA Observed: February 2019 (86 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2423 , 2425
Work Groups Seen: 2420 - Cable and Television

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	45.1%	3.43
Art Unit	22	54.6%	2.71
Group	129	53.5%	2.61
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	2	1	50.0%
2013	2	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2014.
2015	4	4	100.0%
2016	14	3	21.4%
2017	15	8	53.3%
2018	13	6	46.2%
2019	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2019; 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	72	0.0%	6.9%	91.7%	0.0%
2	59	6.8%	8.5%	83.1%	1.7%
3	44	4.5%	2.3%	88.6%	4.5%
4	31	3.2%	0.0%	96.8%	0.0%
5	16	6.3%	0.0%	93.8%	0.0%
6	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

5.3%

2016

5.9%

2017

3.4%

2018

0.0%

2019

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