Examiner Catherine R. Oliver

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2025 (14 months ago).

Examiner Catherine R. Oliver appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.0%, they average 1.07 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §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 1.07

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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: 361
Granted Applications: 350
Non-Granted Applications: 11
Avg OA / Grant: 1.07
Last OA Observed: January 2025 (14 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.0%	1.07
Art Unit	29	95.5%	1.22
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	24	24	100.0%
2009	35	35	100.0%
2010	17	16	94.1%
2011	33	32	97.0%
2012	32	30	93.8%
2013	23	22	95.7%
2014	20	19	95.0%
2015	12	11	91.7%
2016	18	17	94.4%
2017	10	10	100.0%
2018	16	14	87.5%
2019	11	11	100.0%
2020	19	19	100.0%
2021	19	18	94.7%
2022	21	21	100.0%
2023	18	18	100.0%
2024	32	32	100.0%
2025	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	361	0.0%	9.4%	3.6%	46.8%
2	27	0.0%	7.4%	7.4%	63.0%
3	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%