Examiner Lee Fineman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2012 (172 months ago).

Examiner Lee Fineman appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 55.0%, they average 1.85 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 Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.85

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 218
Granted Applications: 120
Non-Granted Applications: 98
Avg OA / Grant: 1.85
Last OA Observed: April 2012 (172 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	55.0%	1.85
Art Unit	102	62.6%	1.70
Group	348	62.2%	1.71
Tech Center	2,395	63.3%	1.69
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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	56	25	44.6%
2009	63	33	52.4%
2010	51	33	64.7%
2011	40	24	60.0%
2012	8	5	62.5%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	218	0.0%	14.7%	74.3%	2.8%
2	104	0.0%	14.4%	81.7%	2.9%
3	37	0.0%	10.8%	78.4%	10.8%
4	16	0.0%	0.0%	93.8%	6.3%
5	6	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%