Examiner James M. Mitchell

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2014 (145 months ago).

Examiner James M. Mitchell appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 69.9%, they average 2.06 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 2.06

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 359
Granted Applications: 251
Non-Granted Applications: 108
Avg OA / Grant: 2.06
Last OA Observed: May 2014 (145 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2813
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	69.9%	2.06
Art Unit	30	62.6%	1.75
Group	290	58.7%	1.79
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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	38	13	34.2%
2009	58	33	56.9%
2010	74	60	81.1%
2011	54	45	83.3%
2012	63	43	68.3%
2013	61	50	82.0%
2014	11	7	63.6%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	359	0.0%	12.5%	82.2%	3.3%
2	220	0.0%	11.4%	81.8%	4.1%
3	99	0.0%	7.1%	87.9%	2.0%
4	50	0.0%	10.0%	86.0%	4.0%
5	23	0.0%	8.7%	87.0%	0.0%
6	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%