Examiner Stephen J. Cherry

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2014 (142 months ago).

Examiner Stephen J. Cherry appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 78.4%, they average 1.59 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.59

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 250
Granted Applications: 196
Non-Granted Applications: 54
Avg OA / Grant: 1.59
Last OA Observed: May 2014 (142 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2857 , 2863
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	78.4%	1.59
Art Unit	44	58.3%	1.73
Group	133	67.4%	1.82
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
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	37	29	78.4%
2009	35	24	68.6%
2010	50	38	76.0%
2011	36	32	88.9%
2012	43	34	79.1%
2013	42	32	76.2%
2014	7	7	100.0%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	250	17.6%	30.8%	37.6%	10.0%
2	97	5.2%	27.8%	56.7%	6.2%
3	36	0.0%	22.2%	66.7%	5.6%
4	15	0.0%	20.0%	73.3%	6.7%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
6	4	0.0%	0.0%	75.0%	25.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

8.8%

2008

1.4%

2009

7.1%

2010

30.5%

2011

13.0%

2012

14.8%

2013

12.5%

2014

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