Examiner Frank Font

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2019 (82 months ago).

Examiner Frank Font appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.8%, they average 1.31 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.31

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2010-2019)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 725
Granted Applications: 644
Non-Granted Applications: 81
Avg OA / Grant: 1.31
Last OA Observed: July 2019 (82 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2872
Work Groups Seen: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	88.8%	1.31
Art Unit	102	63.5%	1.70
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	71	48	67.6%
2011	79	62	78.5%
2012	83	76	91.6%
2013	82	73	89.0%
2014	85	75	88.2%
2015	77	73	94.8%
2016	65	59	90.8%
2017	79	78	98.7%
2018	74	72	97.3%
2019	30	28	93.3%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	740	0.8%	9.5%	44.1%	36.9%
2	181	0.0%	13.8%	59.1%	16.6%
3	32	0.0%	25.0%	65.6%	6.3%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	75.0%	25.0%
5	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

3.4%

2016

1.1%

2017

1.2%

2018

2.1%

2019

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