Examiner Gunnar J. Gissel

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2009 (205 months ago).

Examiner Gunnar J. Gissel appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.0%, they average 1.26 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.26

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2007-2009)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 61
Granted Applications: 47
Non-Granted Applications: 14
Avg OA / Grant: 1.26
Last OA Observed: May 2009 (205 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2856
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.0%	1.26
Art Unit	43	71.4%	1.54
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
2007	2	2	100.0%
2008	45	31	68.9%
2009	14	14	100.0%
No observed data after 2009; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	61	3.3%	8.2%	72.1%	14.8%
2	13	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2007

0.0%

2008

14.3%

2009

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