Examiner Hemant M. Desai

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2022 (44 months ago).

Examiner Hemant M. Desai appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.1%, they average 1.44 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.44

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2008-2022)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 443
Granted Applications: 324
Non-Granted Applications: 119
Avg OA / Grant: 1.44
Last OA Observed: October 2022 (44 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3721 , 3731
Work Groups Seen: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	73.1%	1.44
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	58	45	77.6%
2009	76	51	67.1%
2010	70	48	68.6%
2011	55	41	74.5%
2012	74	60	81.1%
2013	63	56	88.9%
2014	29	22	75.9%
2015	1	0	0.0%
2016	5	0	0.0%
2017	3	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2018.
2019	1	1	100.0%
2020	2	0	0.0%
2021	5	0	0.0%
2022	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	444	0.0%	29.3%	62.8%	3.4%
2	143	0.0%	18.9%	74.8%	1.4%
3	63	0.0%	14.3%	77.8%	3.2%
4	21	0.0%	9.5%	85.7%	0.0%
5	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%