Examiner Michael Maharajh

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2025 (11 months ago).

Examiner Michael Maharajh appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 99.3%, they average 1.16 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 1.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2016-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 676
Granted Applications: 671
Non-Granted Applications: 5
Avg OA / Grant: 1.16
Last OA Observed: May 2025 (11 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	99.3%	1.16
Art Unit	25	95.7%	1.22
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 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	20	20	100.0%
2017	95	94	98.9%
2018	79	78	98.7%
2019	65	64	98.5%
2020	97	97	100.0%
2021	72	72	100.0%
2022	97	97	100.0%
2023	73	72	98.6%
2024	64	63	98.4%
2025	14	14	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	675	0.0%	22.1%	1.0%	71.1%
2	103	0.0%	13.6%	1.0%	80.6%
3	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	87.5%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%