Examiner Susan E. Krakower

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2024 (23 months ago).

Examiner Susan E. Krakower appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.4%, 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: 17 years (2008-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 512
Granted Applications: 473
Non-Granted Applications: 39
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: April 2024 (23 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914 , 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	92.4%	1.33
Art Unit	25	95.7%	1.22
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	95	87	91.6%
2009	111	105	94.6%
2010	73	69	94.5%
2011	67	65	97.0%
2012	88	81	92.0%
2013	61	52	85.2%
2014	10	9	90.0%
2015	2	1	50.0%
2016	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2017-2023.
2024	4	4	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	513	0.0%	1.0%	3.5%	88.3%
2	164	0.0%	0.0%	4.9%	89.6%
3	9	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	77.8%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%