Examiner Paul Ip

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2017 (99 months ago).

Examiner Paul Ip appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 84.2%, they average 1.34 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.34

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 551
Granted Applications: 464
Non-Granted Applications: 87
Avg OA / Grant: 1.34
Last OA Observed: December 2017 (99 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2837
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	84.2%	1.34
Art Unit	63	71.7%	1.60
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	35	32	91.4%
2009	56	46	82.1%
2010	44	38	86.4%
2011	44	40	90.9%
2012	52	46	88.5%
2013	68	58	85.3%
2014	71	65	91.5%
2015	59	43	72.9%
2016	62	46	74.2%
2017	60	50	83.3%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	561	1.4%	33.5%	60.6%	1.8%
2	137	5.1%	19.0%	66.4%	6.6%
3	39	2.6%	33.3%	53.8%	10.3%
4	12	0.0%	58.3%	41.7%	0.0%
5	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2.0%

2008

1.5%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.8%

2011

2.7%

2012

1.2%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.2%

2015

5.4%

2016

3.4%

2017

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