Examiner Randal D. Moran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2012 (167 months ago).

Examiner Randal D. Moran appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 57.6%, they average 1.16 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 Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 33
Granted Applications: 19
Non-Granted Applications: 14
Avg OA / Grant: 1.16
Last OA Observed: July 2012 (167 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2435
Work Groups Seen: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	57.6%	1.16
Art Unit	22	69.4%	1.67
Group	225	65.1%	1.99
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	19	10	52.6%
2009	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2010.
2011	10	7	70.0%
2012	3	2	66.7%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	33	0.0%	12.1%	87.9%	0.0%
2	2	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
3	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2011

33.3%

2012

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