Examiner Justin Citrin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2016 (126 months ago).

Examiner Justin Citrin appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 69.8%, they average 1.93 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.93

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2014-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 63
Granted Applications: 44
Non-Granted Applications: 19
Avg OA / Grant: 1.93
Last OA Observed: January 2016 (126 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3721
Work Groups Seen: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	69.8%	1.93
Art Unit	24	64.5%	1.67
Group	313	52.2%	1.76
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	24	15	62.5%
2015	38	28	73.7%
2016	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	63	0.0%	9.5%	63.5%	20.6%
2	35	0.0%	14.3%	68.6%	17.1%
3	14	0.0%	7.1%	50.0%	42.9%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%