Examiner Jeffrey Lipitz

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2016 (122 months ago).

Examiner Jeffrey Lipitz appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 53.9%, they average 2.39 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.39

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2009-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 406
Granted Applications: 219
Non-Granted Applications: 187
Avg OA / Grant: 2.39
Last OA Observed: March 2016 (122 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3769
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	53.9%	2.39
Art Unit	32	33.6%	2.26
Group	377	50.6%	2.11
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	39	17	43.6%
2010	66	31	47.0%
2011	68	25	36.8%
2012	72	37	51.4%
2013	56	45	80.4%
2014	40	19	47.5%
2015	55	36	65.5%
2016	10	9	90.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	406	0.5%	7.6%	72.9%	4.7%
2	267	0.7%	6.0%	83.1%	3.4%
3	150	0.0%	3.3%	85.3%	6.0%
4	91	0.0%	3.3%	86.8%	4.4%
5	36	0.0%	0.0%	97.2%	0.0%
6	24	0.0%	0.0%	91.7%	4.2%
7	12	0.0%	0.0%	91.7%	8.3%
8	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.6%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.1%

2011

0.6%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.