Examiner Edward R. Cosimano

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2017 (107 months ago).

Examiner Edward R. Cosimano appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 85.3%, they average 1.61 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §101 and meaningful §101 activity.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.61

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 320
Granted Applications: 273
Non-Granted Applications: 47
Avg OA / Grant: 1.61
Last OA Observed: May 2017 (107 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2857 , 2862 , 2863
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	85.3%	1.61
Art Unit	44	58.3%	1.73
Group	133	67.4%	1.82
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	43	33	76.7%
2009	57	47	82.5%
2010	46	40	87.0%
2011	37	31	83.8%
2012	39	33	84.6%
2013	27	24	88.9%
2014	19	17	89.5%
2015	34	32	94.1%
2016	14	13	92.9%
2017	4	3	75.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	320	32.8%	22.2%	27.5%	6.9%
2	128	32.8%	15.6%	28.9%	7.0%
3	36	33.3%	8.3%	47.2%	5.6%
4	13	23.1%	23.1%	46.2%	0.0%
5	8	12.5%	50.0%	37.5%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

11.8%

2008

24.2%

2009

27.7%

2010

36.4%

2011

40.7%

2012

36.1%

2013

28.1%

2014

65.9%

2015

61.1%

2016

60.0%

2017

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