Examiner Michael R. Zecher

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2008 (209 months ago).

Examiner Michael R. Zecher appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 54.5%, they average 1.33 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 1 years (2008-2008)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 11
Granted Applications: 6
Non-Granted Applications: 5
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: October 2008 (209 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3691
Work Groups Seen: 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	54.5%	1.33
Art Unit	26	39.0%	2.71
Group	163	34.9%	2.69
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	11	6	54.5%
No observed data after 2008; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	11	0.0%	0.0%	90.9%	9.1%
2	3	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

7.1%

2008

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