Examiner Rebekah A Caruso

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (5 months ago).

Examiner Rebekah A Caruso appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.7%, they average 1.18 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.18

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2015-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 350
Granted Applications: 342
Non-Granted Applications: 8
Avg OA / Grant: 1.18
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2922
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.7%	1.18
Art Unit	19	96.8%	1.20
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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	10	10	100.0%
2016	31	31	100.0%
2017	58	56	96.6%
2018	52	51	98.1%
2019	64	64	100.0%
2020	37	37	100.0%
2021	49	49	100.0%
2022	12	12	100.0%
2023	22	19	86.4%
2024	10	10	100.0%
2025	5	3	60.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	350	0.0%	15.7%	2.3%	63.7%
2	61	0.0%	21.3%	6.6%	65.6%
3	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%