Examiner Ian K. Holloway

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2013 (156 months ago).

Examiner Ian K. Holloway appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 59.2%, they average 2.35 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 2.35

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 213
Granted Applications: 126
Non-Granted Applications: 87
Avg OA / Grant: 2.35
Last OA Observed: June 2013 (156 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3763
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	59.2%	2.35
Art Unit	98	55.4%	2.09
Group	377	50.6%	2.11
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	35	10	28.6%
2009	54	36	66.7%
2010	48	33	68.8%
2011	34	25	73.5%
2012	38	21	55.3%
2013	4	1	25.0%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	213	0.0%	13.1%	84.0%	0.0%
2	130	0.0%	5.4%	94.6%	0.0%
3	65	0.0%	3.1%	96.9%	0.0%
4	31	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	16	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%