Examiner David S. Baker

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2010 (188 months ago).

Examiner David S. Baker appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.9%, they average 1.82 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.82

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2008-2010)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2880 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 111
Granted Applications: 82
Non-Granted Applications: 29
Avg OA / Grant: 1.82
Last OA Observed: October 2010 (188 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2884
Work Groups Seen: 2880 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	73.9%	1.82
Art Unit	42	69.2%	1.63
Group	164	65.8%	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	52	33	63.5%
2009	37	27	73.0%
2010	22	22	100.0%
No observed data after 2010; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	111	1.8%	5.4%	88.3%	3.6%
2	54	1.9%	5.6%	87.0%	5.6%
3	15	0.0%	20.0%	66.7%	13.3%
4	5	0.0%	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

1.6%

2009

7.7%

2010

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