Examiner Christopher E. Lee

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2022 (40 months ago).

Examiner Christopher E. Lee appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 58.7%, they average 2.61 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.61

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2015-2022)
Tech Center: 3900 - Reexam and Abandonment
Group: 3990 - 3990

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 75
Granted Applications: 44
Non-Granted Applications: 31
Avg OA / Grant: 2.61
Last OA Observed: December 2022 (40 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3992
Work Groups Seen: 3990 - 3990

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	58.7%	2.61
Art Unit	37	50.1%	2.52
Group	70	57.3%	2.28
Tech Center	67	56.8%	2.31
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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	2	0	0.0%
2016	10	5	50.0%
2017	15	9	60.0%
2018	12	8	66.7%
2019	12	6	50.0%
2020	7	4	57.1%
2021	7	4	57.1%
2022	10	8	80.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	81	0.0%	14.8%	46.9%	17.3%
2	59	0.0%	16.9%	37.3%	22.0%
3	31	0.0%	12.9%	41.9%	16.1%
4	24	0.0%	8.3%	20.8%	25.0%
5	14	0.0%	7.1%	28.6%	28.6%
6	10	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	20.0%
7	6	0.0%	33.3%	50.0%	16.7%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%