Examiner Ralph H. Justus

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2019 (76 months ago).

Examiner Ralph H. Justus appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 71.9%, they average 2.11 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 About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.11

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2013-2019)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2640 - Telecommunications

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 196
Granted Applications: 141
Non-Granted Applications: 55
Avg OA / Grant: 2.11
Last OA Observed: November 2019 (76 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2649
Work Groups Seen: 2640 - Telecommunications

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	71.9%	2.11
Art Unit	40	63.4%	1.96
Group	215	61.6%	2.06
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	19	6	31.6%
2014	33	20	60.6%
2015	33	23	69.7%
2016	30	22	73.3%
2017	36	31	86.1%
2018	23	18	78.3%
2019	22	21	95.5%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	216	0.0%	2.3%	93.5%	0.5%
2	131	0.0%	4.6%	94.7%	0.8%
3	63	0.0%	1.6%	96.8%	1.6%
4	32	0.0%	3.1%	96.9%	0.0%
5	10	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%