Examiner Michael Guirguis

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2018 (96 months ago).

Examiner Michael Guirguis appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 66.8%, they average 2.16 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2009-2018)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 247
Granted Applications: 165
Non-Granted Applications: 82
Avg OA / Grant: 2.16
Last OA Observed: June 2018 (96 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2434 , 2498
Work Groups Seen: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	66.8%	2.16
Art Unit	32	67.7%	1.70
Group	225	65.1%	1.99
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	14	6	42.9%
2010	31	17	54.8%
2011	38	22	57.9%
2012	35	29	82.9%
2013	48	40	83.3%
2014	20	15	75.0%
2015	14	7	50.0%
2016	18	7	38.9%
2017	18	14	77.8%
2018	11	8	72.7%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	260	0.8%	4.2%	92.7%	0.0%
2	149	0.7%	2.0%	95.3%	1.3%
3	84	2.4%	1.2%	96.4%	0.0%
4	47	2.1%	0.0%	97.9%	0.0%
5	18	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

1.3%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

1.6%

2013

4.5%

2014

1.5%

2015

1.6%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.0%

2018

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