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Examiner Steven J. Mottola

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2021 (55 months ago).

Examiner Steven J. Mottola appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.0%, they average 1.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy
Difficulty vs Group Very Easy
Difficulty vs TC Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy
Average OA / Grant 1.29
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center
2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group
2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
917
Granted Applications
844
Non-Granted Applications
73
Avg OA / Grant
1.29
Last OA Observed
November 2021 (55 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2817 , 2842 , 2843
Work Groups Seen
2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory
2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 92.0% 1.29
Art Unit 42 79.8% 1.53
Group 230 70.5% 1.61
Tech Center 2,370 64.7% 1.69
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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 50 40 80.0%
2009 63 59 93.7%
2010 69 61 88.4%
2011 60 57 95.0%
2012 65 59 90.8%
2013 64 59 92.2%
2014 60 56 93.3%
2015 61 53 86.9%
2016 74 70 94.6%
2017 72 66 91.7%
2018 74 71 95.9%
2019 77 69 89.6%
2020 72 70 97.2%
2021 56 54 96.4%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 917 0.4% 28.6% 54.5% 13.6%
2 208 0.0% 39.9% 48.1% 8.2%
3 43 2.3% 44.2% 48.8% 4.7%
4 7 0.0% 28.6% 57.1% 0.0%
5 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
2019: PEG
0.0%
2008
0.0%
2009
1.1%
2010
0.0%
2011
1.1%
2012
2.3%
2013
0.0%
2014
0.0%
2015
0.0%
2016
0.0%
2017
0.0%
2018
1.1%
2019
0.0%
2020
0.0%
2021

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