Examiner Sandra Snapp

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

Examiner Sandra Snapp appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.9%, they average 1.21 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 About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.21

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 17 years (2008-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 518
Granted Applications: 502
Non-Granted Applications: 16
Avg OA / Grant: 1.21
Last OA Observed: April 2024 (23 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2912 , 2915
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.9%	1.21
Art Unit	29	95.1%	1.24
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	49	48	98.0%
2009	46	46	100.0%
2010	29	29	100.0%
2011	31	30	96.8%
2012	41	39	95.1%
2013	31	28	90.3%
2014	37	37	100.0%
2015	54	53	98.1%
2016	70	65	92.9%
2017	39	38	97.4%
2018	40	40	100.0%
2019	36	35	97.2%
2020	14	13	92.9%
No observed data for 2021-2023.
2024	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	519	0.0%	4.0%	8.3%	66.3%
2	101	0.0%	4.0%	5.0%	84.2%
3	9	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	66.7%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%