Examiner Vanel Frenel

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2021 (57 months ago).

Examiner Vanel Frenel appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 70.2%, they average 2.23 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.23

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2007-2021)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3680 - Business Methods: Electronic Shopping and Health Care

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 751
Granted Applications: 527
Non-Granted Applications: 224
Avg OA / Grant: 2.23
Last OA Observed: June 2021 (57 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3687
Work Groups Seen: 3680 - Business Methods: Electronic Shopping and Health Care

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	70.2%	2.23
Art Unit	31	33.3%	2.52
Group	288	29.2%	2.79
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
2007	1	0	0.0%
2008	28	4	14.3%
2009	70	49	70.0%
2010	58	46	79.3%
2011	72	59	81.9%
2012	76	72	94.7%
2013	71	67	94.4%
2014	19	2	10.5%
2015	26	2	7.7%
2016	67	38	56.7%
2017	58	38	65.5%
2018	59	39	66.1%
2019	60	48	80.0%
2020	53	34	64.2%
2021	33	29	87.9%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	754	0.9%	4.6%	74.7%	0.7%
2	423	22.7%	1.4%	71.6%	0.7%
3	203	27.6%	1.5%	67.5%	1.0%
4	128	37.5%	0.8%	60.2%	1.6%
5	68	33.8%	2.9%	61.8%	0.0%
6	41	31.7%	0.0%	65.9%	2.4%
7	23	56.5%	0.0%	43.5%	0.0%
8	14	21.4%	0.0%	78.6%	0.0%
9	6	16.7%	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%
10	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2007

0.0%

2008

4.8%

2009

0.0%

2010

4.1%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.8%

2013

25.3%

2014

55.1%

2015

32.8%

2016

31.0%

2017

14.0%

2018

1.7%

2019

1.1%

2020

5.7%

2021

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