Examiner Darryl C. Sutton

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2012 (172 months ago).

Examiner Darryl C. Sutton appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 6.4%, they average 2.27 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.27

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2007-2012)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1610 - Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Compositions

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 173
Granted Applications: 11
Non-Granted Applications: 162
Avg OA / Grant: 2.27
Last OA Observed: February 2012 (172 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1612
Work Groups Seen: 1610 - Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Compositions

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	6.4%	2.27
Art Unit	33	32.8%	2.35
Group	213	32.3%	2.42
Tech Center	1,349	39.5%	2.02
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
2007	1	0	0.0%
2008	46	1	2.2%
2009	44	4	9.1%
2010	48	4	8.3%
2011	31	2	6.5%
2012	3	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	173	3.5%	2.9%	78.0%	0.0%
2	100	2.0%	2.0%	93.0%	2.0%
3	50	4.0%	0.0%	92.0%	2.0%
4	27	0.0%	3.7%	92.6%	0.0%
5	11	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2007

2.9%

2008

0.9%

2009

4.2%

2010

4.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

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