Examiner James Leija

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2012 (169 months ago).

Examiner James Leija appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 13.6%, they average 3.38 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.38

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2420 - Cable and Television

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 59
Granted Applications: 8
Non-Granted Applications: 51
Avg OA / Grant: 3.38
Last OA Observed: February 2012 (169 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2423 , 2623
Work Groups Seen: 2420 - Cable and Television

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	13.6%	3.38
Art Unit	18	50.7%	2.84
Group	129	53.5%	2.61
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	12	1	8.3%
2009	15	2	13.3%
2010	15	4	26.7%
2011	15	1	6.7%
2012	2	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	59	0.0%	10.2%	89.8%	0.0%
2	38	0.0%	7.9%	92.1%	0.0%
3	22	0.0%	4.5%	95.5%	0.0%
4	16	0.0%	6.3%	93.8%	0.0%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%