Examiner Lindsay Low

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2013 (150 months ago).

Examiner Lindsay Low appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 44.4%, they average 2.23 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 2.23

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 187
Granted Applications: 83
Non-Granted Applications: 104
Avg OA / Grant: 2.23
Last OA Observed: December 2013 (150 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3721
Work Groups Seen: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	44.4%	2.23
Art Unit	25	64.7%	1.71
Group	306	53.9%	1.76
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	40	19	47.5%
2009	59	20	33.9%
2010	22	9	40.9%
2011	25	14	56.0%
2012	31	18	58.1%
2013	10	3	30.0%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	187	0.0%	11.2%	84.0%	0.5%
2	103	0.0%	4.9%	88.3%	0.0%
3	46	0.0%	2.2%	93.5%	0.0%
4	29	0.0%	0.0%	93.1%	3.4%
5	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%