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Examiner Charles A. Fox

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2023 (34 months ago).

Examiner Charles A. Fox appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 52.6%, they average 1.73 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO About Average
Average OA / Grant 1.73
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center
3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group
3650 - Material and Article Handling

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
325
Granted Applications
171
Non-Granted Applications
154
Avg OA / Grant
1.73
Last OA Observed
June 2023 (34 months ago)
Art Units Seen
3638 , 3652 , 3655 , 3658
Work Groups Seen
3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
3650 - Material and Article Handling

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 52.6% 1.73
Art Unit 29 61.7% 1.68
Group 239 60.7% 1.70
Tech Center 2,337 48.0% 2.11
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2019 2020 2022 2023
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 85 36 42.4%
2009 82 39 47.6%
2010 69 40 58.0%
2011 61 35 57.4%
2012 2 1 50.0%
2013 3 0 0.0%
No observed data for 2014.
2015 1 1 100.0%
No observed data for 2016-2018.
2019 2 2 100.0%
2020 2 1 50.0%
No observed data for 2021.
2022 16 15 93.8%
2023 2 1 50.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 337 0.9% 6.2% 66.2% 15.7%
2 141 2.1% 2.8% 66.7% 15.6%
3 41 0.0% 2.4% 73.2% 22.0%
4 20 5.0% 0.0% 70.0% 15.0%
5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
2019: PEG
0.6%
2008
0.7%
2009
1.7%
2010
4.1%
2011
0.0%
2012
0.0%
2013
0.0%
2014
0.0%
2015
0.0%
2019
0.0%
2020
0.0%
2021
0.0%
2022
0.0%
2023

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