Examiner Nihir Patel

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2013 (155 months ago).

Examiner Nihir Patel appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 67.3%, they average 2.39 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 2.39

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 294
Granted Applications: 198
Non-Granted Applications: 96
Avg OA / Grant: 2.39
Last OA Observed: May 2013 (155 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3772
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	67.3%	2.39
Art Unit	49	36.5%	2.02
Group	269	49.9%	2.08
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	47	25	53.2%
2009	72	50	69.4%
2010	77	61	79.2%
2011	47	38	80.9%
2012	37	16	43.2%
2013	14	8	57.1%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	294	0.7%	26.5%	58.2%	1.4%
2	186	0.5%	29.6%	57.5%	2.7%
3	95	0.0%	29.5%	52.6%	3.2%
4	49	0.0%	26.5%	59.2%	4.1%
5	21	0.0%	23.8%	61.9%	4.8%
6	11	0.0%	9.1%	90.9%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.5%

2008

0.6%

2009

0.7%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

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