Examiner Bailey O'Shea

Examiner Bailey O'Shea appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 37.5%, they average 1.22 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 About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.22

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 19 years (2008-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-5561
Predicted Supervisor: Daniel Sullivan
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-0900
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1630 - Stem Cells and Nucleic Acid Related Therapy

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 24
Granted Applications: 9
Non-Granted Applications: 15
Avg OA / Grant: 1.22
Last OA Observed: April 2026 (3 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1635 , 1644 , 1647
Work Groups Seen: 1630 - Stem Cells and Nucleic Acid Related Therapy

1640 - Immunology

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	37.5%	1.22
Art Unit	26	41.8%	1.88
Group	245	37.7%	2.18
Tech Center	1,365	38.5%	2.02
USPTO	16,347	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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	1	0	0.0%
2009	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2010-2011.
2012	2	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2013-2019.
2020	2	1	50.0%
2021	2	1	50.0%
2022	9	7	77.8%
No observed data for 2023-2024.
2025	5	0	0.0%
2026	2	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	29	0.0%	10.3%	51.7%	6.9%
2	8	0.0%	0.0%	37.5%	37.5%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%