Examiner Ian Mills

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2018 (87 months ago).

Examiner Ian Mills appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 33.3%, they average 1.00 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 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 1 years (2018-2018)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 6
Granted Applications: 2
Non-Granted Applications: 4
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: December 2018 (87 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3772 , 3786
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	33.3%	1.00
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

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2018; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2018	6	2	33.3%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	11	0.0%	9.1%	90.9%	0.0%
2	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%