Examiner James A. Vezeris
Examiner James A. Vezeris appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 67.3%, they average 2.05 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
About Average
Average OA / Grant
2.05
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 8 years (2007-2014)
- Tech Center
- 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
- Group
- 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 226
- Granted Applications
- 152
- Non-Granted Applications
- 74
- Avg OA / Grant
- 2.05
- Last OA Observed
- May 2014 (145 months ago)
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 67.3% | 2.05 |
| Art Unit | 27 | 31.4% | 2.44 |
| Group | 163 | 34.9% | 2.69 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2008 | 24 | 7 | 29.2% |
| 2009 | 40 | 29 | 72.5% |
| 2010 | 40 | 21 | 52.5% |
| 2011 | 43 | 28 | 65.1% |
| 2012 | 43 | 38 | 88.4% |
| 2013 | 33 | 27 | 81.8% |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
152 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 226 | 3.1% | 17.7% | 59.7% | 10.6% |
| 2 | 116 | 4.3% | 8.6% | 75.0% | 6.9% |
| 3 | 58 | 10.3% | 5.2% | 70.7% | 12.1% |
| 4 | 23 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 78.3% | 13.0% |
| 5 | 9 | 11.1% | 0.0% | 77.8% | 11.1% |
| 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
§ 101 Yearly Trend
Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.