Examiner David N. Spector

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2015 (129 months ago).

Examiner David N. Spector appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.4%, they average 1.12 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.12

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 361
Granted Applications: 319
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 1.12
Last OA Observed: October 2015 (129 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	88.4%	1.12
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	42	37	88.1%
2009	58	49	84.5%
2010	50	44	88.0%
2011	31	27	87.1%
2012	41	36	87.8%
2013	54	51	94.4%
2014	44	39	88.6%
2015	41	36	87.8%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	361	3.3%	36.6%	19.4%	12.7%
2	38	2.6%	21.1%	13.2%	18.4%
3	5	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2.1%

2008

1.6%

2009

6.9%

2010

3.0%

2011

4.3%

2012

4.9%

2013

0.0%

2014

2.3%

2015

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