Examiner Examiner Carlos Amorin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2019 (80 months ago).

Examiner Examiner Carlos Amorin appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 75.0%, they average 2.60 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.60

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2009-2019)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 168
Granted Applications: 126
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 2.60
Last OA Observed: September 2019 (80 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2433 , 2498
Work Groups Seen: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	75.0%	2.60
Art Unit	21	63.8%	1.90
Group	195	62.9%	2.06
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	1	1	100.0%
2010	2	1	50.0%
No observed data for 2011.
2012	22	20	90.9%
2013	42	34	81.0%
2014	13	11	84.6%
2015	9	7	77.8%
2016	26	11	42.3%
2017	14	10	71.4%
2018	26	20	76.9%
2019	13	11	84.6%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	180	6.1%	5.6%	83.9%	3.9%
2	136	13.2%	3.7%	72.8%	8.1%
3	69	2.9%	2.9%	88.4%	5.8%
4	47	4.3%	0.0%	83.0%	10.6%
5	29	6.9%	3.4%	82.8%	6.9%
6	17	11.8%	11.8%	70.6%	5.9%
7	7	14.3%	0.0%	85.7%	0.0%
8	4	50.0%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%
9	3	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.3%

2012

2.4%

2013

9.3%

2014

14.8%

2015

12.5%

2016

11.8%

2017

13.3%

2018

5.0%

2019

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.