Examiner David O Reip

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2023 (33 months ago).

Examiner David O Reip appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.2%, they average 2.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2019-2023)
Tech Center: 3900 - Reexam and Abandonment
Group: 3990 - 3990

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 19
Granted Applications: 12
Non-Granted Applications: 7
Avg OA / Grant: 2.33
Last OA Observed: June 2023 (33 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3993
Work Groups Seen: 3990 - 3990

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.2%	2.33
Art Unit	17	63.0%	2.26
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 2019; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2019	2	2	100.0%
2020	4	1	25.0%
2021	3	2	66.7%
2022	8	5	62.5%
2023	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	22	0.0%	22.7%	18.2%	27.3%
2	11	9.1%	18.2%	18.2%	18.2%
3	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	42.9%
4	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	75.0%
5	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2019: PEG

0.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

0.0%

2021

4.8%

2022

0.0%

2023

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