Examiner Barbara Fox

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2024 (23 months ago).

Examiner Barbara Fox appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.7%, they average 1.30 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.30

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2007-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 299
Granted Applications: 286
Non-Granted Applications: 13
Avg OA / Grant: 1.30
Last OA Observed: April 2024 (23 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2911 , 2914 , 2936
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.7%	1.30
Art Unit	28	96.2%	1.23
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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	4	4	100.0%
2008	4	4	100.0%
2009	3	3	100.0%
2010	1	1	100.0%
2011	43	42	97.7%
2012	42	39	92.9%
2013	62	61	98.4%
2014	65	64	98.5%
2015	30	28	93.3%
2016	18	14	77.8%
2017	18	17	94.4%
2018	4	4	100.0%
2019	1	1	100.0%
No observed data for 2020-2022.
2023	2	2	100.0%
2024	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	300	0.0%	8.0%	6.3%	52.7%
2	80	0.0%	16.3%	7.5%	67.5%
3	14	0.0%	7.1%	21.4%	71.4%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%