Examiner Yon Couso

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2020 (67 months ago).

Examiner Yon Couso appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 89.7%, they average 1.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2660 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 721
Granted Applications: 647
Non-Granted Applications: 74
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: September 2020 (67 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2624 , 2665
Work Groups Seen: 2620 - Selective Visual Display Systems

2660 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	89.7%	1.33
Art Unit	38	70.6%	1.66
Group	289	65.3%	1.66
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	39	33	84.6%
2009	70	61	87.1%
2010	65	61	93.8%
2011	67	61	91.0%
2012	67	56	83.6%
2013	56	50	89.3%
2014	69	60	87.0%
2015	48	41	85.4%
2016	54	51	94.4%
2017	45	40	88.9%
2018	57	53	93.0%
2019	48	45	93.8%
2020	36	35	97.2%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	722	13.3%	35.5%	33.7%	9.1%
2	189	16.4%	26.5%	31.2%	11.6%
3	34	14.7%	23.5%	41.2%	8.8%
4	7	14.3%	14.3%	42.9%	14.3%
5	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

10.3%

2008

23.0%

2009

25.6%

2010

22.8%

2011

18.9%

2012

22.5%

2013

8.5%

2014

5.5%

2015

2.7%

2016

5.2%

2017

16.2%

2018

3.2%

2019

4.4%

2020

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