Examiner Michael E. Moats Jr

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2017 (111 months ago).

Examiner Michael E. Moats Jr appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 50.5%, they average 2.54 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 2.54

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2013-2017)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 91
Granted Applications: 46
Non-Granted Applications: 45
Avg OA / Grant: 2.54
Last OA Observed: February 2017 (111 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2848
Work Groups Seen: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	50.5%	2.54
Art Unit	25	68.2%	1.70
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	2	1	50.0%
2014	29	12	41.4%
2015	32	17	53.1%
2016	22	14	63.6%
2017	6	2	33.3%
No observed data after 2017; 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	91	0.0%	6.6%	93.4%	0.0%
2	61	0.0%	6.6%	86.9%	6.6%
3	32	0.0%	6.3%	90.6%	3.1%
4	19	0.0%	5.3%	94.7%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%