Examiner Joshua Neil Gonzales

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2025 (14 months ago).

Examiner Joshua Neil Gonzales appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 23.7%, they average 3.89 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 3.89

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2022-2025)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 38
Granted Applications: 9
Non-Granted Applications: 29
Avg OA / Grant: 3.89
Last OA Observed: June 2025 (14 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2496
Work Groups Seen: 2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	23.7%	3.89
Art Unit	15	44.0%	2.25
Group	198	61.8%	2.06
Tech Center	1,748	59.1%	2.14
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	4	0	0.0%
2023	10	2	20.0%
2024	10	4	40.0%
2025	14	3	21.4%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	44	0.0%	6.8%	86.4%	2.3%
2	42	0.0%	0.0%	92.9%	2.4%
3	31	0.0%	0.0%	87.1%	6.5%
4	23	0.0%	0.0%	95.7%	4.3%
5	10	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%