Examiner Tesfu N Mekonen

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2023 (30 months ago).

Examiner Tesfu N Mekonen appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 72.7%, they average 2.81 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.81

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2015-2023)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2450 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 220
Granted Applications: 160
Non-Granted Applications: 60
Avg OA / Grant: 2.81
Last OA Observed: December 2023 (30 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2445 , 2454 , 2456
Work Groups Seen: 2440 - Computer Networks

2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	72.7%	2.81
Art Unit	42	64.3%	2.14
Group	208	59.3%	2.41
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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	7	3	42.9%
2016	22	15	68.2%
2017	19	14	73.7%
2018	25	17	68.0%
2019	29	21	72.4%
2020	29	24	82.8%
2021	29	22	75.9%
2022	30	22	73.3%
2023	30	22	73.3%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	240	0.0%	3.8%	95.4%	0.0%
2	192	0.0%	2.6%	96.9%	0.0%
3	106	0.0%	0.9%	99.1%	0.0%
4	72	0.0%	1.4%	98.6%	0.0%
5	27	0.0%	7.4%	92.6%	0.0%
6	15	0.0%	6.7%	93.3%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%