Examiner Seth Faulb

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2013 (157 months ago).

Examiner Seth Faulb appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 72.2%, they average 1.81 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 Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.81

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2011-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 72
Granted Applications: 52
Non-Granted Applications: 20
Avg OA / Grant: 1.81
Last OA Observed: February 2013 (157 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3753
Work Groups Seen: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	72.2%	1.81
Art Unit	63	62.9%	1.70
Group	158	55.5%	1.75
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	19	12	63.2%
2012	50	37	74.0%
2013	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	72	0.0%	8.3%	81.9%	8.3%
2	38	0.0%	0.0%	97.4%	2.6%
3	12	0.0%	8.3%	91.7%	0.0%
4	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%