Examiner Carissa C. Fitts

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2020 (68 months ago).

Examiner Carissa C. Fitts appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 98.3%, they average 1.33 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 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 922
Granted Applications: 906
Non-Granted Applications: 16
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: August 2020 (68 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	98.3%	1.33
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	32	32	100.0%
2009	56	55	98.2%
2010	38	37	97.4%
2011	48	46	95.8%
2012	67	67	100.0%
2013	65	64	98.5%
2014	73	71	97.3%
2015	85	83	97.6%
2016	83	79	95.2%
2017	102	102	100.0%
2018	139	138	99.3%
2019	109	109	100.0%
2020	25	23	92.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

906 family-cache-validated grants; 1 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	945	0.0%	0.2%	1.5%	91.1%
2	271	0.0%	1.5%	3.7%	87.8%
3	39	0.0%	0.0%	5.1%	89.7%
4	9	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%