Examiner Troy Dalrymple
Examiner Troy Dalrymple appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 54.3%, they average 2.36 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
About Average
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
2.36
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 5 years (2010-2014)
- Tech Center
- 2600 - Communications
- Group
- 2690 - Videophones and Telephonic Communications / Digital Audio
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 81
- Granted Applications
- 44
- Non-Granted Applications
- 37
- Avg OA / Grant
- 2.36
- Last OA Observed
- February 2014 (146 months ago)
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 54.3% | 2.36 |
| Art Unit | 15 | 65.6% | 2.05 |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% |
| 2011 | 22 | 14 | 63.6% |
| 2012 | 31 | 17 | 54.8% |
| 2013 | 20 | 9 | 45.0% |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
44 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | 0.0% | 7.4% | 91.4% | 1.2% |
| 2 | 50 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 98.0% | 0.0% |
| 3 | 26 | 0.0% | 3.8% | 96.2% | 0.0% |
| 4 | 14 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |