Examiner Karen S Acker

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2024 (22 months ago).

Examiner Karen S Acker appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.0%, they average 1.29 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 1.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2014-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 558
Granted Applications: 541
Non-Granted Applications: 17
Avg OA / Grant: 1.29
Last OA Observed: June 2024 (22 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916 , 2921 , 2935
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.0%	1.29
Art Unit	23	95.7%	1.25
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	6	5	83.3%
2015	46	44	95.7%
2016	70	67	95.7%
2017	72	68	94.4%
2018	79	78	98.7%
2019	108	106	98.1%
2020	76	75	98.7%
2021	58	57	98.3%
2022	27	25	92.6%
2023	10	10	100.0%
2024	6	6	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	557	0.0%	3.1%	0.7%	91.4%
2	139	0.0%	2.9%	0.7%	91.4%
3	23	0.0%	8.7%	8.7%	78.3%
4	6	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%