Examiner Christian L. Garcia

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2018 (95 months ago).

Examiner Christian L. Garcia appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 61.0%, they average 2.33 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 About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2014-2018)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 105
Granted Applications: 64
Non-Granted Applications: 41
Avg OA / Grant: 2.33
Last OA Observed: August 2018 (95 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2844
Work Groups Seen: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	61.0%	2.33
Art Unit	38	72.0%	1.65
Group	230	69.7%	1.60
Tech Center	2,395	63.3%	1.69
USPTO	16,348	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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	7	3	42.9%
2015	15	9	60.0%
2016	34	16	47.1%
2017	21	15	71.4%
2018	28	21	75.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	116	0.0%	6.0%	94.0%	0.0%
2	76	0.0%	6.6%	93.4%	0.0%
3	32	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	16	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	12	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%