Examiner Thomas West

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2013 (152 months ago).

Examiner Thomas West appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 12.9%, they average 1.25 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.25

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 31
Granted Applications: 4
Non-Granted Applications: 27
Avg OA / Grant: 1.25
Last OA Observed: October 2013 (152 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3621
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	12.9%	1.25
Art Unit	24	23.8%	3.54
Group	362	27.1%	2.85
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	1	1	100.0%
No observed data for 2009-2010.
2011	11	3	27.3%
2012	9	0	0.0%
2013	10	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	31	3.2%	29.0%	64.5%	3.2%
2	9	11.1%	33.3%	55.6%	0.0%
3	3	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

5.6%

2011

0.0%

2012

16.7%

2013

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