Examiner Richelle Shelton

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2022 (50 months ago).

Examiner Richelle Shelton appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.1%, they average 1.43 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.43

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2012-2022)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 451
Granted Applications: 429
Non-Granted Applications: 22
Avg OA / Grant: 1.43
Last OA Observed: February 2022 (50 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.1%	1.43
Art Unit	30	96.3%	1.23
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	14	13	92.9%
2013	47	46	97.9%
2014	82	82	100.0%
2015	49	48	98.0%
2016	75	73	97.3%
2017	71	67	94.4%
2018	49	39	79.6%
2019	26	24	92.3%
2020	25	25	100.0%
2021	12	11	91.7%
2022	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	452	0.0%	2.4%	8.6%	63.9%
2	163	0.0%	5.5%	13.5%	58.9%
3	27	0.0%	14.8%	25.9%	48.1%
4	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%