Examiner Mark Booker

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2022 (43 months ago).

Examiner Mark Booker appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 98.8%, they average 1.23 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.23

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2014-2022)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 400
Granted Applications: 395
Non-Granted Applications: 5
Avg OA / Grant: 1.23
Last OA Observed: September 2022 (43 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2921
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	98.8%	1.23
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	16	15	93.8%
2015	59	59	100.0%
2016	61	61	100.0%
2017	55	52	94.5%
2018	58	58	100.0%
2019	51	50	98.0%
2020	47	47	100.0%
2021	16	16	100.0%
2022	37	37	100.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	416	0.0%	3.6%	0.7%	91.3%
2	90	0.0%	4.4%	1.1%	92.2%
3	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	80.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%