Examiner Andrew C. Knopp

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2015 (130 months ago).

Examiner Andrew C. Knopp appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 7.6%, they average 1.43 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.43

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2011-2015)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 92
Granted Applications: 7
Non-Granted Applications: 85
Avg OA / Grant: 1.43
Last OA Observed: May 2015 (130 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3745
Work Groups Seen: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	7.6%	1.43
Art Unit	95	68.6%	1.62
Group	447	58.2%	1.86
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	2	1	50.0%
2012	27	1	3.7%
2013	26	2	7.7%
2014	14	0	0.0%
2015	23	3	13.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	93	2.2%	11.8%	78.5%	4.3%
2	35	0.0%	11.4%	85.7%	2.9%
3	9	0.0%	11.1%	88.9%	0.0%
4	4	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

2.6%

2013

2.6%

2014

0.0%

2015

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.