Examiner Joseph Waks

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2016 (114 months ago).

Examiner Joseph Waks appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 59.0%, they average 1.44 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.44

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 483
Granted Applications: 285
Non-Granted Applications: 198
Avg OA / Grant: 1.44
Last OA Observed: September 2016 (114 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2831 , 2833 , 2834 , 2839
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	59.0%	1.44
Art Unit	37	72.1%	1.51
Group	356	68.0%	1.58
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	48	32	66.7%
2009	56	36	64.3%
2010	60	33	55.0%
2011	51	26	51.0%
2012	67	27	40.3%
2013	70	43	61.4%
2014	52	31	59.6%
2015	45	30	66.7%
2016	34	27	79.4%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	483	2.5%	14.1%	67.9%	12.8%
2	154	9.7%	7.1%	77.9%	3.2%
3	33	3.0%	3.0%	90.9%	0.0%
4	12	0.0%	8.3%	91.7%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

5.2%

2008

2.4%

2009

7.5%

2010

3.8%

2011

8.2%

2012

1.1%

2013

5.6%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.