Examiner Tyler Hardman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2016 (117 months ago).

Examiner Tyler Hardman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 81.4%, they average 1.91 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.91

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 156
Granted Applications: 127
Non-Granted Applications: 29
Avg OA / Grant: 1.91
Last OA Observed: September 2016 (117 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2852
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	81.4%	1.91
Art Unit	59	81.6%	1.48
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
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	21	18	85.7%
2013	35	24	68.6%
2014	39	32	82.1%
2015	39	34	87.2%
2016	22	19	86.4%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	156	0.0%	14.7%	71.2%	7.1%
2	82	0.0%	50.0%	43.9%	4.9%
3	36	0.0%	36.1%	61.1%	2.8%
4	19	0.0%	15.8%	84.2%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%