Examiner Joseph F. Edell

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2010 (189 months ago).

Examiner Joseph F. Edell appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 41.7%, they average 1.68 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.68

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2008-2010)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 175
Granted Applications: 73
Non-Granted Applications: 102
Avg OA / Grant: 1.68
Last OA Observed: July 2010 (189 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3636
Work Groups Seen: 3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	41.7%	1.68
Art Unit	27	60.5%	1.70
Group	175	54.3%	1.79
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	56	17	30.4%
2009	87	32	36.8%
2010	32	24	75.0%
No observed data after 2010; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	175	0.6%	14.3%	79.4%	5.7%
2	91	0.0%	8.8%	87.9%	2.2%
3	35	0.0%	2.9%	91.4%	2.9%
4	10	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.7%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

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