Examiner Arnaldo Torres-Diaz

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

Examiner Arnaldo Torres-Diaz appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 60.4%, they average 2.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2011-2018)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 197
Granted Applications: 119
Non-Granted Applications: 78
Avg OA / Grant: 2.29
Last OA Observed: December 2018 (87 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3779 , 3795
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

3790 - Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	60.4%	2.29
Art Unit	14	50.4%	2.35
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	10	4	40.0%
2012	28	12	42.9%
2013	38	27	71.1%
2014	30	17	56.7%
2015	29	19	65.5%
2016	34	21	61.8%
2017	13	10	76.9%
2018	15	9	60.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

119 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%	17.5%	75.6%	5.1%
2	140	0.0%	15.0%	80.7%	3.6%
3	71	0.0%	9.9%	87.3%	2.8%
4	41	0.0%	9.8%	87.8%	2.4%
5	18	0.0%	11.1%	83.3%	5.6%
6	7	0.0%	0.0%	71.4%	28.6%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%