Examiner Zekre Tsehaye

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2013 (150 months ago).

Examiner Zekre Tsehaye appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.0%, they average 1.63 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.63

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2011-2013)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 73
Granted Applications: 46
Non-Granted Applications: 27
Avg OA / Grant: 1.63
Last OA Observed: September 2013 (150 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2838
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.0%	1.63
Art Unit	60	65.5%	1.59
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	11	9	81.8%
2012	39	24	61.5%
2013	23	13	56.5%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	73	1.4%	4.1%	90.4%	4.1%
2	37	0.0%	0.0%	94.6%	5.4%
3	13	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

3.7%

2013

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