Examiner Mary C. Baran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2010 (186 months ago).

Examiner Mary C. Baran appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 72.8%, they average 1.84 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.84

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2008-2010)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 92
Granted Applications: 67
Non-Granted Applications: 25
Avg OA / Grant: 1.84
Last OA Observed: October 2010 (186 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2857
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	72.8%	1.84
Art Unit	35	42.3%	1.89
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
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	37	25	67.6%
2009	41	30	73.2%
2010	14	12	85.7%
No observed data after 2010; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	92	9.8%	31.5%	55.4%	2.2%
2	56	19.6%	16.1%	57.1%	5.4%
3	14	28.6%	7.1%	57.1%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

1.1%

2008

25.4%

2009

47.1%

2010

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