Examiner Max H. Noori

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2023 (29 months ago).

Examiner Max H. Noori appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 89.3%, they average 1.28 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 1.28

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1,499
Granted Applications: 1,338
Non-Granted Applications: 161
Avg OA / Grant: 1.28
Last OA Observed: December 2023 (29 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2855 , 2856
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	89.3%	1.28
Art Unit	41	65.2%	1.51
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
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	79	65	82.3%
2009	107	89	83.2%
2010	124	106	85.5%
2011	99	86	86.9%
2012	103	92	89.3%
2013	98	87	88.8%
2014	92	80	87.0%
2015	86	78	90.7%
2016	98	86	87.8%
2017	95	87	91.6%
2018	92	87	94.6%
2019	100	96	96.0%
2020	101	92	91.1%
2021	73	67	91.8%
2022	74	70	94.6%
2023	78	70	89.7%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,338 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,503	2.3%	25.1%	53.0%	4.1%
2	319	0.9%	18.5%	51.7%	2.2%
3	62	0.0%	24.2%	51.6%	4.8%
4	22	4.5%	18.2%	40.9%	4.5%
5	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	20.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

1.6%

2008

1.3%

2009

5.6%

2010

0.0%

2011

2.3%

2012

0.8%

2013

2.5%

2014

2.7%

2015

2.5%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.9%

2018

1.8%

2019

3.3%

2020

2.3%

2021

1.1%

2022

3.1%

2023

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