Examiner Zenia Bennett

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2025 (9 months ago).

Examiner Zenia Bennett appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 89.9%, they average 1.14 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §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 1.14

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2008-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 661
Granted Applications: 594
Non-Granted Applications: 67
Avg OA / Grant: 1.14
Last OA Observed: July 2025 (9 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2913
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	89.9%	1.14
Art Unit	29	92.7%	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	3	3	100.0%
2009	2	2	100.0%
2010	74	70	94.6%
2011	63	60	95.2%
2012	49	47	95.9%
2013	60	54	90.0%
2014	39	38	97.4%
2015	53	51	96.2%
2016	46	37	80.4%
2017	42	30	71.4%
2018	54	36	66.7%
2019	36	35	97.2%
2020	37	36	97.3%
2021	33	33	100.0%
2022	30	29	96.7%
2023	13	12	92.3%
2024	21	15	71.4%
2025	6	6	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	661	0.0%	0.8%	2.4%	92.7%
2	95	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	88.4%
3	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%