Examiner Patrick J. Connolly

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2011 (175 months ago).

Examiner Patrick J. Connolly appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 85.8%, they average 1.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2008-2011)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 155
Granted Applications: 133
Non-Granted Applications: 22
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: December 2011 (175 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2877
Work Groups Seen: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	85.8%	1.33
Art Unit	54	59.6%	1.47
Group	348	62.2%	1.71
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	43	34	79.1%
2009	36	31	86.1%
2010	48	42	87.5%
2011	28	26	92.9%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	155	2.6%	41.3%	38.1%	3.9%
2	35	2.9%	31.4%	25.7%	5.7%
3	8	0.0%	50.0%	37.5%	0.0%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

4.1%

2009

1.6%

2010

7.1%

2011

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