Examiner John Stewart Lowe

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2018 (92 months ago).

Examiner John Stewart Lowe appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 80.9%, they average 1.70 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 1.70

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2014-2018)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 115
Granted Applications: 93
Non-Granted Applications: 22
Avg OA / Grant: 1.70
Last OA Observed: August 2018 (92 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3729
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	80.9%	1.70
Art Unit	23	64.8%	1.77
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
No observed data before 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	4	4	100.0%
2015	24	14	58.3%
2016	35	30	85.7%
2017	33	28	84.8%
2018	19	17	89.5%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	121	0.0%	14.0%	66.1%	19.8%
2	53	0.0%	32.1%	50.9%	17.0%
3	18	0.0%	16.7%	66.7%	16.7%
4	9	0.0%	11.1%	33.3%	55.6%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%