Examiner The Examiner, Melanie Pellegrini

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2024 (15 months ago).

Examiner The Examiner, Melanie Pellegrini appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.0%, they average 1.19 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.19

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 17 years (2008-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 525
Granted Applications: 462
Non-Granted Applications: 63
Avg OA / Grant: 1.19
Last OA Observed: December 2024 (15 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2911 , 2916
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	88.0%	1.19
Art Unit	28	96.2%	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	29	28	96.6%
2009	28	28	100.0%
2010	27	24	88.9%
2011	21	20	95.2%
2012	66	62	93.9%
2013	43	41	95.3%
2014	40	40	100.0%
2015	45	44	97.8%
2016	47	44	93.6%
2017	26	24	92.3%
2018	53	35	66.0%
2019	21	13	61.9%
2020	26	17	65.4%
2021	22	20	90.9%
2022	15	8	53.3%
2023	13	12	92.3%
2024	3	2	66.7%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	525	0.0%	1.0%	3.4%	87.6%
2	96	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%	91.7%
3	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	85.7%