Examiner Joshua T Hicks

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2021 (61 months ago).

Examiner Joshua T Hicks appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 50.0%, they average 1.17 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.17

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2020-2021)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 12
Granted Applications: 6
Non-Granted Applications: 6
Avg OA / Grant: 1.17
Last OA Observed: June 2021 (61 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3771
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	50.0%	1.17
Art Unit	72	54.4%	1.94
Group	268	49.2%	2.08
Tech Center	2,662	48.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,348	53.5%	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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	4	2	50.0%
2021	8	4	50.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	12	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
2	4	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%