Examiner Gregory M. Elmore

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2017 (108 months ago).

Examiner Gregory M. Elmore appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 72.0%, they average 1.98 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.98

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2012-2017)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 75
Granted Applications: 54
Non-Granted Applications: 21
Avg OA / Grant: 1.98
Last OA Observed: May 2017 (108 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2437
Work Groups Seen: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	72.0%	1.98
Art Unit	27	64.7%	2.12
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	2	2	100.0%
2013	16	14	87.5%
2014	24	18	75.0%
2015	13	8	61.5%
2016	14	9	64.3%
2017	6	3	50.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	75	0.0%	13.3%	84.0%	1.3%
2	50	0.0%	10.0%	90.0%	0.0%
3	27	0.0%	11.1%	88.9%	0.0%
4	14	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%