Examiner Ernest F. Karlsen

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2016 (125 months ago).

Examiner Ernest F. Karlsen appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% 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 N/A

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2009-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 52
Granted Applications: 0
Non-Granted Applications: 52
Avg OA / Grant: N/A
Last OA Observed: January 2016 (125 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2829 , 2858
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	0.0%	N/A
Art Unit	23	69.7%	1.82
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	26	0	0.0%
2010	2	0	0.0%
2011	6	0	0.0%
2012	1	0	0.0%
2013	7	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2014.
2015	9	0	0.0%
2016	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	52	0.0%	30.8%	67.3%	1.9%
2	37	0.0%	43.2%	56.8%	0.0%
3	16	0.0%	37.5%	62.5%	0.0%
4	4	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%