Examiner Felix Suarez

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2018 (97 months ago).

Examiner Felix Suarez appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 72.3%, they average 2.21 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.21

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2008-2018)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 481
Granted Applications: 348
Non-Granted Applications: 133
Avg OA / Grant: 2.21
Last OA Observed: February 2018 (97 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2857 , 2865
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	72.3%	2.21
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	49	35	71.4%
2009	65	50	76.9%
2010	46	38	82.6%
2011	54	47	87.0%
2012	55	47	85.5%
2013	41	30	73.2%
2014	45	24	53.3%
2015	60	46	76.7%
2016	35	20	57.1%
2017	29	10	34.5%
2018	2	1	50.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	553	1.6%	49.9%	42.9%	1.4%
2	350	10.9%	38.9%	42.6%	2.9%
3	173	12.7%	26.6%	52.6%	5.8%
4	84	23.8%	21.4%	41.7%	10.7%
5	40	17.5%	30.0%	47.5%	2.5%
6	14	35.7%	21.4%	42.9%	0.0%
7	6	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
8	2	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.8%

2008

0.0%

2009

7.5%

2010

6.8%

2011

7.0%

2012

9.4%

2013

2.4%

2014

12.3%

2015

12.6%

2016

24.2%

2017

25.0%

2018

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