Examiner Catherine Tuttle

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2022 (41 months ago).

Examiner Catherine Tuttle appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 93.5%, they average 1.37 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.37

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2008-2022)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 666
Granted Applications: 623
Non-Granted Applications: 43
Avg OA / Grant: 1.37
Last OA Observed: October 2022 (41 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	93.5%	1.37
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	53	51	96.2%
2009	67	64	95.5%
2010	55	51	92.7%
2011	37	34	91.9%
2012	30	30	100.0%
2013	43	41	95.3%
2014	38	36	94.7%
2015	55	51	92.7%
2016	52	45	86.5%
2017	49	42	85.7%
2018	58	57	98.3%
2019	25	23	92.0%
2020	37	34	91.9%
2021	45	43	95.6%
2022	22	21	95.5%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	671	0.0%	6.4%	5.4%	72.6%
2	208	0.0%	7.7%	5.3%	79.3%
3	37	0.0%	5.4%	2.7%	89.2%
4	11	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	90.9%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%