Examiner Eric L. Goodman

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

Examiner Eric L. Goodman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.6%, 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: 432
Granted Applications: 413
Non-Granted Applications: 19
Avg OA / Grant: 1.21
Last OA Observed: April 2024 (23 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914 , 2919
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.6%	1.21
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	68	65	95.6%
2009	75	68	90.7%
2010	77	76	98.7%
2011	60	59	98.3%
2012	85	81	95.3%
2013	59	57	96.6%
2014	3	2	66.7%
2015	1	1	100.0%
2016	2	2	100.0%
No observed data for 2017-2022.
2023	1	1	100.0%
2024	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	432	0.0%	1.6%	1.9%	78.0%
2	90	0.0%	1.1%	2.2%	88.9%
3	9	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%