Examiner Bradley H. Thomas

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2014 (146 months ago).

Examiner Bradley H. Thomas appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 53.2%, they average 2.21 office actions per granted patent, 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 2.21

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 344
Granted Applications: 183
Non-Granted Applications: 161
Avg OA / Grant: 2.21
Last OA Observed: April 2014 (146 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2835
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	53.2%	2.21
Art Unit	47	67.9%	1.65
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	54	29	53.7%
2009	77	41	53.2%
2010	65	32	49.2%
2011	51	29	56.9%
2012	48	28	58.3%
2013	46	22	47.8%
2014	3	2	66.7%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	344	0.0%	13.4%	86.6%	0.0%
2	221	0.0%	9.0%	90.5%	0.0%
3	85	0.0%	7.1%	91.8%	0.0%
4	47	0.0%	4.3%	95.7%	0.0%
5	24	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%