Examiner Joshua T Semick

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2022 (43 months ago).

Examiner Joshua T Semick appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 82.9%, they average 1.46 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 1.46

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2015-2022)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 479
Granted Applications: 397
Non-Granted Applications: 82
Avg OA / Grant: 1.46
Last OA Observed: November 2022 (43 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3641
Work Groups Seen: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	82.9%	1.46
Art Unit	22	69.8%	1.60
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	40	30	75.0%
2016	67	52	77.6%
2017	63	50	79.4%
2018	71	55	77.5%
2019	63	53	84.1%
2020	72	64	88.9%
2021	54	49	90.7%
2022	49	44	89.8%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	483	0.0%	17.4%	58.8%	21.5%
2	174	0.0%	18.4%	63.2%	18.4%
3	43	0.0%	23.3%	55.8%	16.3%
4	13	0.0%	23.1%	69.2%	7.7%
5	7	0.0%	14.3%	42.9%	14.3%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%