Examiner The Examiner, Dominic Simone

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2020 (69 months ago).

Examiner The Examiner, Dominic Simone appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 93.8%, they average 1.00 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 129
Granted Applications: 121
Non-Granted Applications: 8
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: June 2020 (69 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2912
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	93.8%	1.00
Art Unit	34	96.4%	1.20
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
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	4	4	100.0%
2009	2	2	100.0%
2010	6	6	100.0%
2011	13	13	100.0%
2012	7	7	100.0%
2013	10	10	100.0%
2014	2	2	100.0%
2015	24	24	100.0%
2016	30	22	73.3%
2017	20	20	100.0%
2018	6	6	100.0%
2019	1	1	100.0%
2020	4	4	100.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	129	0.0%	0.0%	4.7%	45.7%