Examiner Examiner Timothy Edwards, Jr. At Telephone Number (571) 272-3067. The Examiner Can Normally Be Reached On Monday-Thursday, 8:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. The Examiner Cannot Be Reached On Fridays. If Attempt To Reach The Examiner By Telephone Are Unsuccessful, The Examiner'S Supervisor, Brian Zimmerman, Can Be Reached At (571) 272-3059. Any Inquiry Of A General Nature Or Relating To The Status Of This Application Should Be Directed To The Group Receptionist

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2012 (170 months ago).

Examiner Examiner Timothy Edwards, Jr. At Telephone Number (571) 272-3067. The Examiner Can Normally Be Reached On Monday-Thursday, 8:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. The Examiner Cannot Be Reached On Fridays. If Attempt To Reach The Examiner By Telephone Are Unsuccessful, The Examiner'S Supervisor, Brian Zimmerman, Can Be Reached At (571) 272-3059. Any Inquiry Of A General Nature Or Relating To The Status Of This Application Should Be Directed To The Group Receptionist appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 79.4%, they average 1.55 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.55

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2610 - Computer Graphic Processing and Hardware

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 136
Granted Applications: 108
Non-Granted Applications: 28
Avg OA / Grant: 1.55
Last OA Observed: April 2012 (170 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2612
Work Groups Seen: 2610 - Computer Graphic Processing and Hardware

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	79.4%	1.55
Art Unit	44	52.3%	1.75
Group	290	50.2%	1.92
Tech Center	1,729	59.3%	1.88
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	34	29	85.3%
2009	43	29	67.4%
2010	32	26	81.3%
2011	24	21	87.5%
2012	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	136	0.7%	12.5%	69.1%	0.7%
2	47	0.0%	8.5%	80.9%	8.5%
3	17	0.0%	11.8%	82.4%	5.9%
4	6	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

1.6%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

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