Examiner Mark Goodwin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2025 (11 months ago).

Examiner Mark Goodwin appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.4%, they average 1.14 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 1.14

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2008-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 419
Granted Applications: 404
Non-Granted Applications: 15
Avg OA / Grant: 1.14
Last OA Observed: May 2025 (11 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2912 , 2916
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.4%	1.14
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	46	44	95.7%
2009	50	45	90.0%
2010	37	36	97.3%
2011	42	41	97.6%
2012	34	31	91.2%
2013	20	19	95.0%
2014	24	23	95.8%
2015	25	25	100.0%
2016	11	11	100.0%
2017	10	10	100.0%
2018	11	11	100.0%
2019	10	10	100.0%
2020	11	11	100.0%
2021	26	26	100.0%
2022	26	26	100.0%
2023	20	19	95.0%
2024	14	14	100.0%
2025	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	419	0.0%	1.0%	3.1%	70.6%
2	58	0.0%	1.7%	1.7%	74.1%
3	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	37.5%