Examiner Daniel J. Domino

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (6 months ago).

Examiner Daniel J. Domino appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.7%, they average 1.26 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 1.26

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2013-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 383
Granted Applications: 355
Non-Granted Applications: 28
Avg OA / Grant: 1.26
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (6 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2919
Work Groups Seen: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	92.7%	1.26
Art Unit	24	94.1%	1.25
Group	24	94.1%	1.25
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	1	0	0.0%
2014	17	17	100.0%
2015	27	26	96.3%
2016	48	44	91.7%
2017	35	32	91.4%
2018	21	20	95.2%
2019	68	59	86.8%
2020	48	45	93.8%
2021	22	22	100.0%
2022	32	32	100.0%
2023	28	27	96.4%
2024	27	26	96.3%
2025	9	5	55.6%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	382	0.0%	12.8%	8.1%	59.4%
2	89	0.0%	15.7%	14.6%	49.4%
3	18	0.0%	0.0%	44.4%	50.0%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%