Examiner Manuel Rangel

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2019 (83 months ago).

Examiner Manuel Rangel appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 57.9%, they average 2.47 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 About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.47

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2014-2019)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 121
Granted Applications: 70
Non-Granted Applications: 51
Avg OA / Grant: 2.47
Last OA Observed: July 2019 (83 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2478
Work Groups Seen: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	57.9%	2.47
Art Unit	25	65.1%	2.11
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	7	1	14.3%
2015	23	15	65.2%
2016	23	10	43.5%
2017	30	16	53.3%
2018	25	15	60.0%
2019	13	13	100.0%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	146	0.0%	2.7%	96.6%	0.0%
2	105	0.0%	6.7%	92.4%	0.0%
3	54	0.0%	1.9%	98.1%	0.0%
4	36	0.0%	0.0%	97.2%	2.8%
5	10	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%