Examiner Sandra Morris

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2020 (67 months ago).

Examiner Sandra Morris appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 98.8%, they average 1.14 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.14

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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: 690
Granted Applications: 682
Non-Granted Applications: 8
Avg OA / Grant: 1.14
Last OA Observed: August 2020 (67 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	98.8%	1.14
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	47	47	100.0%
2009	58	56	96.6%
2010	48	47	97.9%
2011	52	51	98.1%
2012	50	50	100.0%
2013	65	65	100.0%
2014	64	64	100.0%
2015	37	36	97.3%
2016	53	52	98.1%
2017	47	45	95.7%
2018	72	72	100.0%
2019	57	57	100.0%
2020	40	40	100.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	691	0.0%	1.2%	5.1%	70.0%
2	97	0.0%	0.0%	5.2%	77.3%
3	4	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%