Examiner Susan Bennett Hattan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2021 (54 months ago).

Examiner Susan Bennett Hattan appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.2%, they average 1.15 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.15

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 178
Granted Applications: 173
Non-Granted Applications: 5
Avg OA / Grant: 1.15
Last OA Observed: September 2021 (54 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2918
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.2%	1.15
Art Unit	29	95.1%	1.24
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	36	35	97.2%
2009	30	28	93.3%
2010	26	26	100.0%
2011	13	13	100.0%
2012	40	40	100.0%
2013	27	26	96.3%
No observed data for 2014-2016.
2017	1	1	100.0%
2018	2	2	100.0%
No observed data for 2019.
2020	2	1	50.0%
2021	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	179	0.0%	5.6%	3.4%	76.5%
2	30	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	60.0%
3	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%