Examiner Shawn T Gingrich

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2023 (36 months ago).

Examiner Shawn T Gingrich appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 99.3%, 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: 10 years (2014-2023)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 565
Granted Applications: 561
Non-Granted Applications: 4
Avg OA / Grant: 1.23
Last OA Observed: March 2023 (36 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	99.3%	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	30	30	100.0%
2015	68	68	100.0%
2016	74	73	98.6%
2017	52	52	100.0%
2018	106	105	99.1%
2019	66	66	100.0%
2020	77	76	98.7%
2021	72	72	100.0%
2022	16	16	100.0%
2023	4	3	75.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	562	0.0%	4.8%	1.6%	88.6%
2	124	0.0%	3.2%	5.6%	73.4%
3	9	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	77.8%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%