Examiner James Zurita

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2017 (104 months ago).

Examiner James Zurita appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 62.0%, they average 1.68 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 Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.68

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 410
Granted Applications: 254
Non-Granted Applications: 156
Avg OA / Grant: 1.68
Last OA Observed: September 2017 (104 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3625 , 3684
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

3680 - Business Methods: Electronic Shopping and Health Care

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	62.0%	1.68
Art Unit	44	36.7%	2.51
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	28	17	60.7%
2009	61	40	65.6%
2010	51	37	72.5%
2011	46	33	71.7%
2012	52	38	73.1%
2013	40	30	75.0%
2014	23	8	34.8%
2015	40	10	25.0%
2016	45	29	64.4%
2017	24	12	50.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	428	3.3%	9.3%	82.7%	3.7%
2	184	7.6%	8.2%	80.4%	2.7%
3	85	17.6%	2.4%	80.0%	0.0%
4	40	17.5%	5.0%	75.0%	2.5%
5	23	21.7%	4.3%	69.6%	4.3%
6	13	38.5%	7.7%	53.8%	0.0%
7	3	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2.9%

2008

6.1%

2009

1.4%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

13.6%

2014

13.9%

2015

16.7%

2016

34.1%

2017

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