Examiner Charles Hanson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2024 (20 months ago).

Examiner Charles Hanson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.8%, 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 About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.30

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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: 529
Granted Applications: 507
Non-Granted Applications: 22
Avg OA / Grant: 1.30
Last OA Observed: July 2024 (20 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916 , 2918
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.8%	1.30
Art Unit	23	96.0%	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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	11	11	100.0%
No observed data for 2009.
2010	1	1	100.0%
2011	29	27	93.1%
2012	33	32	97.0%
2013	62	60	96.8%
2014	86	84	97.7%
2015	87	80	92.0%
2016	63	63	100.0%
2017	34	32	94.1%
2018	27	27	100.0%
2019	20	20	100.0%
2020	7	7	100.0%
2021	10	10	100.0%
2022	12	12	100.0%
2023	23	22	95.7%
2024	24	19	79.2%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	529	0.0%	2.3%	4.3%	81.5%
2	145	0.0%	2.8%	3.4%	81.4%
3	17	0.0%	0.0%	11.8%	88.2%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%