Examiner Niara G Trant

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2025 (17 months ago).

Examiner Niara G Trant appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 70.8%, they average 3.10 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 3.10

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2020-2025)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 113
Granted Applications: 80
Non-Granted Applications: 33
Avg OA / Grant: 3.10
Last OA Observed: January 2025 (17 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1722
Work Groups Seen: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	70.8%	3.10
Art Unit	24	61.1%	2.02
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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	4	1	25.0%
2021	25	20	80.0%
2022	30	15	50.0%
2023	28	22	78.6%
2024	25	21	84.0%
2025	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	124	0.0%	6.5%	88.7%	0.8%
2	108	0.0%	6.5%	88.9%	0.9%
3	75	0.0%	6.7%	86.7%	1.3%
4	49	0.0%	2.0%	93.9%	2.0%
5	22	0.0%	0.0%	95.5%	0.0%
6	11	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%