Examiner Asha Ann Thomas

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2022 (49 months ago).

Examiner Asha Ann Thomas appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 68.8%, they average 2.23 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 2.23

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2018-2022)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1740 - Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper Making, Plastics Shaping and Molding

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 96
Granted Applications: 66
Non-Granted Applications: 30
Avg OA / Grant: 2.23
Last OA Observed: February 2022 (49 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1741 , 1742 , 1744
Work Groups Seen: 1740 - Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper Making, Plastics Shaping and Molding

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	68.8%	2.23
Art Unit	25	55.7%	2.07
Group	195	53.9%	2.05
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 2018; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2018	2	1	50.0%
2019	21	10	47.6%
2020	40	26	65.0%
2021	32	28	87.5%
2022	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	97	0.0%	13.4%	71.1%	2.1%
2	63	0.0%	6.3%	85.7%	0.0%
3	31	0.0%	6.5%	83.9%	3.2%
4	9	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%	11.1%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%