Examiner Edward Pipala

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2020 (74 months ago).

Examiner Edward Pipala appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 78.1%, they average 2.20 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.20

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 594
Granted Applications: 464
Non-Granted Applications: 130
Avg OA / Grant: 2.20
Last OA Observed: April 2020 (74 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3663
Work Groups Seen: 3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	78.1%	2.20
Art Unit	51	58.1%	1.91
Group	457	55.5%	1.86
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	27	18	66.7%
2009	18	6	33.3%
2010	37	6	16.2%
2011	99	74	74.7%
2012	60	52	86.7%
2013	83	74	89.2%
2014	47	46	97.9%
2015	48	42	87.5%
2016	49	47	95.9%
2017	34	30	88.2%
2018	27	19	70.4%
2019	51	40	78.4%
2020	14	10	71.4%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	625	2.9%	43.5%	34.7%	13.6%
2	323	7.7%	33.4%	48.0%	8.7%
3	204	1.0%	11.8%	81.9%	4.4%
4	127	3.9%	7.1%	85.0%	3.9%
5	65	10.8%	9.2%	78.5%	0.0%
6	28	7.1%	3.6%	85.7%	3.6%
7	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

4.9%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.4%

2010

0.9%

2011

2.6%

2012

23.2%

2013

7.4%

2014

1.7%

2015

13.6%

2016

6.3%

2017

7.1%

2018

0.7%

2019

0.0%

2020

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