Examiner Oleg Merkoulov

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2011 (176 months ago).

Examiner Oleg Merkoulov appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 75.0%, they average 1.67 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.67

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 1 years (2011-2011)
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: 4
Granted Applications: 3
Non-Granted Applications: 1
Avg OA / Grant: 1.67
Last OA Observed: October 2011 (176 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3676
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	75.0%	1.67
Art Unit	28	66.5%	1.87
Group	235	60.7%	1.84
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	4	3	75.0%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%