Examiner Sanjeev Paul

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2025 (7 months ago).

Examiner Sanjeev Paul appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.0%, they average 1.22 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.22

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2012-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 403
Granted Applications: 387
Non-Granted Applications: 16
Avg OA / Grant: 1.22
Last OA Observed: August 2025 (7 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2919
Work Groups Seen: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.0%	1.22
Art Unit	24	94.1%	1.25
Group	24	94.1%	1.25
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	1	1	100.0%
No observed data for 2013.
2014	5	5	100.0%
2015	45	44	97.8%
2016	47	41	87.2%
2017	64	62	96.9%
2018	68	67	98.5%
2019	52	50	96.2%
2020	60	60	100.0%
2021	26	26	100.0%
2022	13	10	76.9%
2023	11	10	90.9%
2024	9	9	100.0%
2025	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	403	0.0%	6.5%	3.7%	75.2%
2	79	0.0%	11.4%	5.1%	75.9%
3	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	75.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%