Examiner Andrew Schmid

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2018 (98 months ago).

Examiner Andrew Schmid appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.6%, they average 1.66 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.66

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2014-2018)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 210
Granted Applications: 163
Non-Granted Applications: 47
Avg OA / Grant: 1.66
Last OA Observed: April 2018 (98 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3751 , 3753 , 3754
Work Groups Seen: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.6%	1.66
Art Unit	48	57.9%	1.69
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	36	21	58.3%
2015	62	44	71.0%
2016	51	46	90.2%
2017	48	44	91.7%
2018	13	8	61.5%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	217	0.0%	10.1%	84.8%	4.6%
2	97	0.0%	5.2%	91.8%	1.0%
3	28	0.0%	3.6%	92.9%	3.6%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%