Examiner Ekaterina T Birch
Examiner Ekaterina T Birch appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 1 years (2026-2026)
- Phone
- (571) 272-8676
- Predicted Supervisor
- Steven Loke
- Supervisor Phone
- (571) 272-1657
- Tech Center
- 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
- Group
- 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 6
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 6
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- June 2026 (1 months ago)
- Art Units Seen
- 2818
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 48 | 49.3% | 1.60 |
| Group | 299 | 55.9% | 1.79 |
| Tech Center | 2,395 | 63.3% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,348 | 53.5% | 1.98 |
Grant Timeline
| Year | Applications | Granted | Grant Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| No observed data before 2026; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 83.3% | 0.0% |