Examiner Thomas Johannes

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2016 (112 months ago).

Examiner Thomas Johannes appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.2%, they average 1.18 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.18

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2009-2016)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 109
Granted Applications: 106
Non-Granted Applications: 3
Avg OA / Grant: 1.18
Last OA Observed: December 2016 (112 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2910 , 2912 , 2921
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.2%	1.18
Art Unit	34	96.4%	1.20
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	5	5	100.0%
No observed data for 2010.
2011	32	31	96.9%
2012	29	29	100.0%
2013	31	29	93.5%
2014	9	9	100.0%
2015	1	1	100.0%
2016	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	109	0.0%	1.8%	2.8%	77.1%
2	14	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	92.9%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%