Examiner Anna K. Aman

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: November 2025 (4 months ago).

Examiner Anna K. Aman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.3%, they average 1.28 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 1.28

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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: 1,128
Granted Applications: 1,086
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 1.28
Last OA Observed: November 2025 (4 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	96.3%	1.28
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	104	102	98.1%
2009	76	76	100.0%
2010	40	39	97.5%
2011	44	43	97.7%
2012	77	70	90.9%
2013	39	38	97.4%
2014	64	63	98.4%
2015	61	58	95.1%
2016	67	64	95.5%
2017	73	72	98.6%
2018	67	66	98.5%
2019	54	53	98.1%
2020	98	96	98.0%
2021	70	67	95.7%
2022	73	72	98.6%
2023	58	56	96.6%
2024	53	46	86.8%
2025	10	5	50.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,086 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,128	0.0%	2.0%	0.9%	86.9%
2	280	0.0%	1.8%	1.8%	90.7%
3	32	0.0%	6.3%	9.4%	75.0%
4	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	70.0%