Examiner Patrick Stafford

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2012 (169 months ago).

Examiner Patrick Stafford appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 76.0%, they average 1.89 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 Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.89

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 242
Granted Applications: 184
Non-Granted Applications: 58
Avg OA / Grant: 1.89
Last OA Observed: May 2012 (169 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2828
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	76.0%	1.89
Art Unit	27	61.1%	1.77
Group	205	73.0%	1.64
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	40	23	57.5%
2009	65	52	80.0%
2010	54	43	79.6%
2011	61	47	77.0%
2012	22	19	86.4%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	242	0.0%	6.6%	93.0%	0.0%
2	126	0.0%	1.6%	98.4%	0.0%
3	57	0.0%	1.8%	98.2%	0.0%
4	19	0.0%	5.3%	94.7%	0.0%
5	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%