Examiner Mark Spisich

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2021 (56 months ago).

Examiner Mark Spisich appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 70.4%, they average 1.51 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 1.51

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2007-2021)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1,040
Granted Applications: 732
Non-Granted Applications: 308
Avg OA / Grant: 1.51
Last OA Observed: September 2021 (56 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3723 , 3727
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	70.4%	1.51
Art Unit	16	52.6%	1.83
Group	306	53.9%	1.76
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
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	7	2	28.6%
2008	94	49	52.1%
2009	89	59	66.3%
2010	87	58	66.7%
2011	88	56	63.6%
2012	69	49	71.0%
2013	56	38	67.9%
2014	76	58	76.3%
2015	74	56	75.7%
2016	74	57	77.0%
2017	72	52	72.2%
2018	67	49	73.1%
2019	70	56	80.0%
2020	79	62	78.5%
2021	38	31	81.6%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,038	0.0%	8.2%	65.7%	23.1%
2	363	0.0%	5.0%	73.0%	16.3%
3	98	0.0%	1.0%	72.4%	24.5%
4	34	0.0%	0.0%	79.4%	14.7%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	71.4%	28.6%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%