Examiner Robert Stodola

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2016 (121 months ago).

Examiner Robert Stodola appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 39.3%, they average 2.17 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.17

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 122
Granted Applications: 48
Non-Granted Applications: 74
Avg OA / Grant: 2.17
Last OA Observed: May 2016 (121 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3781
Work Groups Seen: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	39.3%	2.17
Art Unit	56	47.1%	2.06
Group	288	43.4%	1.90
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	10	3	30.0%
2013	38	15	39.5%
2014	30	12	40.0%
2015	40	14	35.0%
2016	4	4	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	122	0.0%	5.7%	86.9%	4.1%
2	73	0.0%	16.4%	74.0%	8.2%
3	28	0.0%	28.6%	67.9%	3.6%
4	16	0.0%	18.8%	75.0%	6.3%
5	8	0.0%	12.5%	87.5%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%