Examiner Michael Konczal

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2019 (83 months ago).

Examiner Michael Konczal appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 83.4%, they average 1.70 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.70

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2012-2019)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 349
Granted Applications: 291
Non-Granted Applications: 58
Avg OA / Grant: 1.70
Last OA Observed: July 2019 (83 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2853 , 2861
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	83.4%	1.70
Art Unit	52	64.4%	1.63
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	13	9	69.2%
2013	63	53	84.1%
2014	49	45	91.8%
2015	51	44	86.3%
2016	41	37	90.2%
2017	51	42	82.4%
2018	52	38	73.1%
2019	29	23	79.3%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	361	0.6%	14.7%	75.9%	5.5%
2	187	0.0%	11.8%	79.1%	5.3%
3	57	0.0%	3.5%	87.7%	8.8%
4	24	0.0%	12.5%	83.3%	4.2%
5	6	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

1.0%

2017

1.0%

2018

0.0%

2019

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