Examiner Shannon Morgan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2024 (24 months ago).

Examiner Shannon Morgan appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.8%, they average 1.42 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 1.42

Export

Word PDF

Create account to export.

Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2012-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 379
Granted Applications: 344
Non-Granted Applications: 35
Avg OA / Grant: 1.42
Last OA Observed: April 2024 (24 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2913 , 2916
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.8%	1.42
Art Unit	30	96.3%	1.23
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	13	13	100.0%
2013	48	44	91.7%
2014	69	68	98.6%
2015	63	45	71.4%
2016	68	62	91.2%
2017	58	54	93.1%
2018	28	27	96.4%
2019	29	29	100.0%
No observed data for 2020.
2021	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2022-2023.
2024	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	379	0.0%	1.6%	4.7%	72.3%
2	152	0.0%	2.0%	7.9%	73.0%
3	18	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	55.6%
4	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	50.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%