Examiner Rochelle-Ann J. Blackman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2017 (107 months ago).

Examiner Rochelle-Ann J. Blackman appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 84.2%, they average 1.38 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §102.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.38

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2007-2017)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 602
Granted Applications: 507
Non-Granted Applications: 95
Avg OA / Grant: 1.38
Last OA Observed: June 2017 (107 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2852 , 2862
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	84.2%	1.38
Art Unit	59	81.6%	1.48
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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	58	49	84.5%
2009	94	76	80.9%
2010	82	68	82.9%
2011	77	66	85.7%
2012	75	69	92.0%
2013	67	57	85.1%
2014	49	43	87.8%
2015	29	23	79.3%
2016	49	36	73.5%
2017	21	20	95.2%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	602	0.0%	59.6%	25.7%	0.2%
2	180	0.0%	50.0%	39.4%	1.1%
3	41	0.0%	39.0%	51.2%	0.0%
4	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%