Examiner Michael M Bouizza

Examiner Michael M Bouizza appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 75.2%, they average 1.85 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.85

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2013-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-6124
Predicted Supervisor: Dimary Lopez
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-7893
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 509
Granted Applications: 383
Non-Granted Applications: 126
Avg OA / Grant: 1.85
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2845
Work Groups Seen: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	75.2%	1.85
Art Unit	50	67.7%	1.67
Group	230	70.5%	1.61
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	17	5	29.4%
2014	27	14	51.9%
2015	43	35	81.4%
2016	51	45	88.2%
2017	21	11	52.4%
2018	53	42	79.2%
2019	48	42	87.5%
2020	38	34	89.5%
2021	29	28	96.6%
2022	44	36	81.8%
2023	46	41	89.1%
2024	36	34	94.4%
2025	41	16	39.0%
2026	15	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	509	0.0%	7.3%	86.2%	1.4%
2	262	0.0%	5.7%	92.0%	1.5%
3	101	0.0%	5.0%	93.1%	1.0%
4	43	0.0%	4.7%	93.0%	2.3%
5	12	0.0%	0.0%	91.7%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%