Examiner Kimberly M. Thomas

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2012 (164 months ago).

Examiner Kimberly M. Thomas appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 52.7%, they average 2.44 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 Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.44

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 165
Granted Applications: 87
Non-Granted Applications: 78
Avg OA / Grant: 2.44
Last OA Observed: October 2012 (164 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2818
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	52.7%	2.44
Art Unit	45	53.3%	1.60
Group	290	58.7%	1.79
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	14	2	14.3%
2009	45	24	53.3%
2010	39	24	61.5%
2011	45	22	48.9%
2012	22	15	68.2%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	165	0.0%	6.7%	90.9%	2.4%
2	110	0.0%	2.7%	92.7%	4.5%
3	56	0.0%	7.1%	89.3%	3.6%
4	38	0.0%	2.6%	97.4%	0.0%
5	18	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	10	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%