Examiner Doris Clark

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2023 (31 months ago).

Examiner Doris Clark appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.8%, they average 1.12 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 1.12

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 185
Granted Applications: 179
Non-Granted Applications: 6
Avg OA / Grant: 1.12
Last OA Observed: August 2023 (31 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914 , 2915
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.8%	1.12
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	33	94.3%
2010	20	18	90.0%
2011	30	29	96.7%
2012	16	16	100.0%
2013	17	17	100.0%
2014	26	26	100.0%
2015	11	10	90.9%
No observed data for 2016-2019.
2020	1	1	100.0%
2021	1	1	100.0%
2022	2	2	100.0%
2023	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	185	0.0%	6.5%	15.7%	26.5%
2	21	0.0%	19.0%	9.5%	38.1%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%