Examiner Ahmad D. Barnes

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2016 (119 months ago).

Examiner Ahmad D. Barnes appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 68.9%, they average 1.55 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.55

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 106
Granted Applications: 73
Non-Granted Applications: 33
Avg OA / Grant: 1.55
Last OA Observed: July 2016 (119 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2835 , 2848
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	68.9%	1.55
Art Unit	25	68.2%	1.70
Group	230	70.5%	1.61
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	1	1	100.0%
2013	33	24	72.7%
2014	28	20	71.4%
2015	18	9	50.0%
2016	26	19	73.1%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	106	0.0%	16.0%	80.2%	1.9%
2	39	0.0%	7.7%	89.7%	0.0%
3	19	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	12	0.0%	8.3%	91.7%	0.0%
5	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%