Examiner Jennifer Watkins

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (5 months ago).

Examiner Jennifer Watkins appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 80.8%, they average 1.30 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 1.30

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2013-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 598
Granted Applications: 483
Non-Granted Applications: 115
Avg OA / Grant: 1.30
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	80.8%	1.30
Art Unit	29	95.1%	1.24
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	2	2	100.0%
2014	37	36	97.3%
2015	37	37	100.0%
2016	45	44	97.8%
2017	71	56	78.9%
2018	91	57	62.6%
2019	87	70	80.5%
2020	73	61	83.6%
2021	62	46	74.2%
2022	62	47	75.8%
2023	14	13	92.9%
2024	12	12	100.0%
2025	5	2	40.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	598	0.0%	9.2%	1.7%	85.8%
2	162	0.0%	4.9%	2.5%	88.9%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%