Examiner Ruth Mcinroy

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2019 (76 months ago).

Examiner Ruth Mcinroy appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.8%, they average 1.33 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 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2008-2019)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1,246
Granted Applications: 1,219
Non-Granted Applications: 27
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: December 2019 (76 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.8%	1.33
Art Unit	25	95.7%	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	7	7	100.0%
2009	9	9	100.0%
2010	14	13	92.9%
2011	81	79	97.5%
2012	130	129	99.2%
2013	134	131	97.8%
2014	164	163	99.4%
2015	130	129	99.2%
2016	167	166	99.4%
2017	155	149	96.1%
2018	142	137	96.5%
2019	113	107	94.7%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,219 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,255	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	94.7%
2	394	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	91.9%
3	27	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	96.3%
4	2	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%