Examiner Keith Frank

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2020 (64 months ago).

Examiner Keith Frank appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 98.5%, they average 1.31 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 1.31

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2014-2020)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 457
Granted Applications: 450
Non-Granted Applications: 7
Avg OA / Grant: 1.31
Last OA Observed: November 2020 (64 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	98.5%	1.31
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	7	7	100.0%
2015	41	40	97.6%
2016	73	72	98.6%
2017	86	84	97.7%
2018	117	116	99.1%
2019	102	100	98.0%
2020	31	31	100.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	469	0.0%	1.1%	0.9%	92.3%
2	126	0.0%	1.6%	2.4%	91.3%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	21.4%	78.6%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	87.5%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%