Examiner Ruth Ilan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2021 (63 months ago).

Examiner Ruth Ilan appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.5%, they average 1.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 659
Granted Applications: 511
Non-Granted Applications: 148
Avg OA / Grant: 1.29
Last OA Observed: March 2021 (63 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3616 , 3649
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.5%	1.29
Art Unit	28	71.7%	1.46
Group	152	63.7%	1.45
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	36	18	50.0%
2009	57	34	59.6%
2010	54	45	83.3%
2011	43	35	81.4%
2012	49	44	89.8%
2013	56	47	83.9%
2014	47	44	93.6%
2015	53	48	90.6%
2016	63	57	90.5%
2017	39	24	61.5%
2018	63	39	61.9%
2019	56	46	82.1%
2020	39	26	66.7%
2021	4	4	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	660	0.5%	16.5%	52.9%	26.5%
2	164	1.2%	8.5%	61.6%	21.3%
3	30	0.0%	10.0%	73.3%	16.7%
4	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

2.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

2.5%

2015

0.0%

2016

2.1%

2017

1.3%

2018

0.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

0.0%

2021

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