Examiner Thomas Lee

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2011 (180 months ago).

Examiner Thomas Lee appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 39.1%, they average 3.40 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.40

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2009-2011)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2440 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 64
Granted Applications: 25
Non-Granted Applications: 39
Avg OA / Grant: 3.40
Last OA Observed: June 2011 (180 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2447
Work Groups Seen: 2440 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	39.1%	3.40
Art Unit	22	47.7%	2.79
Group	207	56.7%	2.42
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	24	3	12.5%
2010	24	10	41.7%
2011	16	12	75.0%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	64	0.0%	6.3%	93.8%	0.0%
2	40	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
3	30	0.0%	3.3%	96.7%	0.0%
4	20	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%