Examiner Francis T. Palo

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2013 (154 months ago).

Examiner Francis T. Palo appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 56.2%, they average 1.27 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.27

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

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 349
Granted Applications: 196
Non-Granted Applications: 153
Avg OA / Grant: 1.27
Last OA Observed: August 2013 (154 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3644
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	56.2%	1.27
Art Unit	33	69.3%	1.55
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	56	17	30.4%
2009	65	35	53.8%
2010	102	52	51.0%
2011	64	46	71.9%
2012	47	32	68.1%
2013	15	14	93.3%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	349	0.0%	15.2%	68.5%	1.7%
2	83	0.0%	10.8%	62.7%	1.2%
3	13	0.0%	7.7%	92.3%	0.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%