Examiner Ian A Normile

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2023 (36 months ago).

Examiner Ian A Normile appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 83.8%, they average 2.16 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 2.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2020-2023)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3670 - Wells, Earth Boring/Moving, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 80
Granted Applications: 67
Non-Granted Applications: 13
Avg OA / Grant: 2.16
Last OA Observed: March 2023 (36 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3671
Work Groups Seen: 3670 - Wells, Earth Boring/Moving, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	83.8%	2.16
Art Unit	34	58.8%	1.61
Group	235	60.7%	1.84
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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	5	5	100.0%
2021	30	25	83.3%
2022	35	28	80.0%
2023	10	9	90.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

67 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%	6.5%	75.0%	18.5%
2	57	0.0%	7.0%	84.2%	8.8%
3	36	0.0%	5.6%	88.9%	5.6%
4	16	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	4	0.0%	0.0%	75.0%	25.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%