Examiner George Howarah

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2013 (153 months ago).

Examiner George Howarah appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 33.8%, they average 2.46 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.46

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2011-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 71
Granted Applications: 24
Non-Granted Applications: 47
Avg OA / Grant: 2.46
Last OA Observed: October 2013 (153 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3717
Work Groups Seen: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	33.8%	2.46
Art Unit	12	53.7%	2.52
Group	171	39.8%	2.15
Tech Center	2,662	48.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	12	2	16.7%
2012	36	13	36.1%
2013	23	9	39.1%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	71	0.0%	4.2%	95.8%	0.0%
2	46	0.0%	13.0%	82.6%	4.3%
3	20	0.0%	15.0%	85.0%	0.0%
4	12	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%
5	4	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%