Examiner Tifney L. Skyles

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2016 (112 months ago).

Examiner Tifney L. Skyles appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 66.3%, they average 2.60 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 2.60

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 282
Granted Applications: 187
Non-Granted Applications: 95
Avg OA / Grant: 2.60
Last OA Observed: November 2016 (112 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2814
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	66.3%	2.60
Art Unit	34	60.7%	1.77
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	24	13	54.2%
2009	32	17	53.1%
2010	31	14	45.2%
2011	45	25	55.6%
2012	32	24	75.0%
2013	38	31	81.6%
2014	29	22	75.9%
2015	33	28	84.8%
2016	18	13	72.2%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	282	0.0%	17.0%	74.8%	0.0%
2	196	0.0%	9.7%	85.7%	1.0%
3	107	0.0%	4.7%	93.5%	0.9%
4	67	0.0%	4.5%	92.5%	0.0%
5	38	0.0%	2.6%	92.1%	2.6%
6	24	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%