Examiner Michael Gonzalez

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2013 (153 months ago).

Examiner Michael Gonzalez appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.9%, they average 1.57 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.57

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2011-2013)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 92
Granted Applications: 68
Non-Granted Applications: 24
Avg OA / Grant: 1.57
Last OA Observed: June 2013 (153 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3655 , 3658
Work Groups Seen: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	73.9%	1.57
Art Unit	33	57.3%	1.67
Group	239	60.7%	1.70
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	40	31	77.5%
2012	41	28	68.3%
2013	11	9	81.8%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	92	0.0%	19.6%	46.7%	32.6%
2	41	0.0%	24.4%	58.5%	12.2%
3	8	0.0%	12.5%	87.5%	0.0%