Examiner Samuel Candler

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2011 (174 months ago).

Examiner Samuel Candler appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 54.5%, they average 2.08 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.08

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2010-2011)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 22
Granted Applications: 12
Non-Granted Applications: 10
Avg OA / Grant: 2.08
Last OA Observed: October 2011 (174 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3779
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	54.5%	2.08
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	1	1	100.0%
2011	21	11	52.4%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	22	0.0%	22.7%	72.7%	4.5%
2	7	0.0%	28.6%	71.4%	0.0%
3	3	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%