Examiner Robert A. Coker

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2015 (132 months ago).

Examiner Robert A. Coker appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 83.5%, they average 1.48 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.48

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 461
Granted Applications: 385
Non-Granted Applications: 76
Avg OA / Grant: 1.48
Last OA Observed: March 2015 (132 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3616
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	83.5%	1.48
Art Unit	28	71.7%	1.46
Group	152	63.7%	1.45
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	50	37	74.0%
2009	120	92	76.7%
2010	78	69	88.5%
2011	50	47	94.0%
2012	47	38	80.9%
2013	53	44	83.0%
2014	58	53	91.4%
2015	5	5	100.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	461	0.0%	19.1%	44.7%	35.6%
2	160	0.0%	18.8%	60.0%	19.4%
3	44	0.0%	15.9%	79.5%	4.5%
4	12	0.0%	8.3%	75.0%	16.7%
5	7	0.0%	14.3%	42.9%	42.9%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%