Examiner Alexandra J Simmons

Examiner Alexandra J Simmons appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 44.1%, they average 2.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-3036
Predicted Supervisor: Matthew Martin
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-7871
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 68
Granted Applications: 30
Non-Granted Applications: 38
Avg OA / Grant: 2.33
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1728 , 1747
Work Groups Seen: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

1740 - Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper Making, Plastics Shaping and Molding

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	44.1%	2.33
Art Unit	18	31.2%	2.53
Group	253	48.9%	2.20
Tech Center	1,713	47.3%	2.14
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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	3	2	66.7%
2023	11	5	45.5%
2024	22	17	77.3%
2025	28	6	21.4%
2026	4	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	66	0.0%	7.6%	78.8%	3.0%
2	44	0.0%	2.3%	90.9%	2.3%
3	22	0.0%	0.0%	90.9%	0.0%
4	13	0.0%	0.0%	84.6%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%