Examiner Timothy Schwarz

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2014 (139 months ago).

Examiner Timothy Schwarz appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 67.3%, they average 1.88 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.88

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2012-2014)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 98
Granted Applications: 66
Non-Granted Applications: 32
Avg OA / Grant: 1.88
Last OA Observed: October 2014 (139 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3643
Work Groups Seen: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	67.3%	1.88
Art Unit	29	42.4%	2.10
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	31	18	58.1%
2013	53	35	66.0%
2014	14	13	92.9%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	98	0.0%	14.3%	82.7%	3.1%
2	46	0.0%	4.3%	95.7%	0.0%
3	15	0.0%	13.3%	80.0%	6.7%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%