Examiner Joseph Finan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2019 (85 months ago).

Examiner Joseph Finan appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 57.5%, they average 2.17 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 2.17

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2014-2019)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 113
Granted Applications: 65
Non-Granted Applications: 48
Avg OA / Grant: 2.17
Last OA Observed: May 2019 (85 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3725
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	57.5%	2.17
Art Unit	56	54.1%	1.72
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2015.
2016	14	6	42.9%
2017	42	24	57.1%
2018	39	24	61.5%
2019	17	11	64.7%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	138	0.0%	13.0%	80.4%	3.6%
2	94	0.0%	11.7%	75.5%	11.7%
3	47	0.0%	8.5%	74.5%	14.9%
4	16	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	6.3%
5	9	0.0%	11.1%	77.8%	11.1%
6	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%