Examiner Holly E Thurman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2023 (36 months ago).

Examiner Holly E Thurman appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 82.4%, they average 1.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2013-2023)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 731
Granted Applications: 602
Non-Granted Applications: 129
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: March 2023 (36 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	82.4%	1.33
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	2	2	100.0%
2014	53	50	94.3%
2015	74	72	97.3%
2016	47	42	89.4%
2017	125	107	85.6%
2018	122	94	77.0%
2019	120	90	75.0%
2020	74	57	77.0%
2021	76	59	77.6%
2022	37	28	75.7%
2023	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	735	0.0%	2.9%	0.8%	85.6%
2	210	0.0%	1.9%	3.3%	88.1%
3	21	0.0%	4.8%	19.0%	61.9%
4	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%