Examiner Derek S. Boles

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2008 (207 months ago).

Examiner Derek S. Boles appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 23.1%, they average 1.33 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 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 1 years (2008-2008)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 13
Granted Applications: 3
Non-Granted Applications: 10
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: December 2008 (207 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3749
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	23.1%	1.33
Art Unit	34	49.9%	2.05
Group	447	58.2%	1.86
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	13	3	23.1%
No observed data after 2008; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	13	0.0%	0.0%	92.3%	7.7%
2	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%