Examiner Edward Raymond

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2019 (84 months ago).

Examiner Edward Raymond appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.6%, they average 1.28 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §102 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 1.28

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2008-2019)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 499
Granted Applications: 452
Non-Granted Applications: 47
Avg OA / Grant: 1.28
Last OA Observed: April 2019 (84 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2857
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.6%	1.28
Art Unit	35	42.3%	1.89
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	39	31	79.5%
2009	44	41	93.2%
2010	57	53	93.0%
2011	44	40	90.9%
2012	54	50	92.6%
2013	36	34	94.4%
2014	44	40	90.9%
2015	36	32	88.9%
2016	44	41	93.2%
2017	46	39	84.8%
2018	51	47	92.2%
2019	4	4	100.0%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	506	19.0%	61.7%	14.2%	3.8%
2	84	31.0%	32.1%	33.3%	3.6%
3	25	20.0%	24.0%	52.0%	0.0%
4	11	9.1%	0.0%	90.9%	0.0%
5	5	0.0%	20.0%	80.0%	0.0%
6	3	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

1.9%

2008

6.9%

2009

7.7%

2010

8.9%

2011

4.6%

2012

2.0%

2013

5.7%

2014

9.5%

2015

34.6%

2016

59.1%

2017

65.1%

2018

42.9%

2019

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