Examiner Gustavo Lopez-Vargas

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2021 (64 months ago).

Examiner Gustavo Lopez-Vargas appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 5.6%, they average 2.00 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2012-2021)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 18
Granted Applications: 1
Non-Granted Applications: 17
Avg OA / Grant: 2.00
Last OA Observed: February 2021 (64 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2472
Work Groups Seen: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	5.6%	2.00
Art Unit	30	63.1%	1.72
Group	203	65.0%	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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	3	0	0.0%
2013	2	0	0.0%
2014	4	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2015-2016.
2017	6	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2018-2019.
2020	2	0	0.0%
2021	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	17	0.0%	17.6%	76.5%	5.9%
2	10	0.0%	20.0%	70.0%	10.0%
3	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%