Examiner Christopher Schubert

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2012 (162 months ago).

Examiner Christopher Schubert appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 42.2%, they average 2.14 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.14

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2009-2012)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 83
Granted Applications: 35
Non-Granted Applications: 48
Avg OA / Grant: 2.14
Last OA Observed: October 2012 (162 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3734
Work Groups Seen: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	42.2%	2.14
Art Unit	23	46.4%	2.40
Group	288	51.1%	2.22
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	12	7	58.3%
2010	36	19	52.8%
2011	23	8	34.8%
2012	12	1	8.3%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	83	0.0%	12.0%	86.7%	0.0%
2	50	0.0%	10.0%	86.0%	4.0%
3	30	0.0%	3.3%	90.0%	3.3%
4	16	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	6.3%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%