Examiner Loha Ben

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

Examiner Loha Ben appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.5%, they average 1.32 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §112 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 1.32

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2008-2019)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 505
Granted Applications: 467
Non-Granted Applications: 38
Avg OA / Grant: 1.32
Last OA Observed: May 2019 (82 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2872 , 2873
Work Groups Seen: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	92.5%	1.32
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	28	27	96.4%
2009	57	52	91.2%
2010	57	53	93.0%
2011	53	49	92.5%
2012	48	43	89.6%
2013	47	40	85.1%
2014	41	38	92.7%
2015	25	23	92.0%
2016	44	42	95.5%
2017	36	34	94.4%
2018	52	49	94.2%
2019	17	17	100.0%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	511	0.8%	26.8%	9.0%	49.5%
2	138	0.7%	29.0%	11.6%	43.5%
3	27	0.0%	18.5%	18.5%	44.4%
4	6	0.0%	16.7%	33.3%	33.3%
5	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.5%

2011

0.0%

2012

5.1%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

1.8%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.0%

2018

0.0%

2019

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