Examiner Mark Teets

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2020 (65 months ago).

Examiner Mark Teets appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 43.8%, they average 2.81 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.81

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2012-2020)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 178
Granted Applications: 78
Non-Granted Applications: 100
Avg OA / Grant: 2.81
Last OA Observed: October 2020 (65 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2871
Work Groups Seen: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	43.8%	2.81
Art Unit	41	64.0%	1.93
Group	346	63.2%	1.71
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	1	1	100.0%
2013	19	8	42.1%
2014	36	11	30.6%
2015	26	13	50.0%
2016	26	12	46.2%
2017	16	6	37.5%
2018	16	9	56.3%
2019	21	9	42.9%
2020	17	9	52.9%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	189	0.0%	4.2%	85.2%	2.6%
2	137	0.0%	5.8%	91.2%	2.9%
3	85	0.0%	2.4%	92.9%	4.7%
4	59	0.0%	1.7%	94.9%	1.7%
5	31	0.0%	6.5%	87.1%	6.5%
6	16	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	7	0.0%	14.3%	71.4%	14.3%
8	5	0.0%	20.0%	80.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%