Examiner Michael J. Araj

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2015 (133 months ago).

Examiner Michael J. Araj appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.1%, they average 2.18 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 2.18

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 336
Granted Applications: 259
Non-Granted Applications: 77
Avg OA / Grant: 2.18
Last OA Observed: February 2015 (133 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3733 , 3775
Work Groups Seen: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.1%	2.18
Art Unit	28	63.3%	2.17
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	54	39	72.2%
2009	50	42	84.0%
2010	48	35	72.9%
2011	45	41	91.1%
2012	62	52	83.9%
2013	33	21	63.6%
2014	42	27	64.3%
2015	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	336	0.3%	36.0%	57.1%	3.9%
2	189	0.0%	34.4%	53.4%	6.9%
3	101	0.0%	33.7%	54.5%	9.9%
4	43	0.0%	25.6%	67.4%	4.7%
5	17	5.9%	29.4%	58.8%	5.9%
6	5	0.0%	20.0%	60.0%	20.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.1%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

50.0%

2015

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