Examiner Caleb J Ballowe
Examiner Caleb J Ballowe appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 3 years (2024-2026)
- Phone
- (571) 270-0410
- Predicted Supervisor
- Nishant B. Divecha
- Supervisor Phone
- (571) 270-3125
- Tech Center
- 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
- Group
- 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 69
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 69
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- March 2026 (2 months ago)
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 17 | 21.9% | 1.17 |
| Group | 159 | 54.4% | 1.93 |
| 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 2024; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 26 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026 | 41 | 0 | 0.0% |
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | 0.0% | 2.9% | 94.2% | 0.0% |
| 2 | 48 | 0.0% | 2.1% | 89.6% | 0.0% |
| 3 | 29 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 96.6% | 0.0% |
| 4 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |