Examiner John Kirkpatrick

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2015 (132 months ago).

Examiner John Kirkpatrick appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 38.7%, they average 2.57 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 2.57

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2010-2015)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2690 - Videophones and Telephonic Communications / Digital Audio

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 150
Granted Applications: 58
Non-Granted Applications: 92
Avg OA / Grant: 2.57
Last OA Observed: April 2015 (132 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2629 , 2691
Work Groups Seen: 2620 - Selective Visual Display Systems

2690 - Videophones and Telephonic Communications / Digital Audio

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	38.7%	2.57
Art Unit	21	54.3%	2.01
Group	96	52.6%	2.11
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	13	2	15.4%
2011	27	11	40.7%
2012	32	12	37.5%
2013	36	16	44.4%
2014	33	14	42.4%
2015	9	3	33.3%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	150	0.0%	7.3%	91.3%	1.3%
2	95	0.0%	7.4%	92.6%	0.0%
3	51	0.0%	3.9%	94.1%	2.0%
4	39	0.0%	2.6%	97.4%	0.0%
5	15	0.0%	6.7%	93.3%	0.0%
6	9	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%	11.1%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%