Examiner J. Thorn Sr

Examiner J. Thorn Sr appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.7%, they average 1.24 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.24

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2015-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-3594
Predicted Supervisor: Garth Rademaker
Supervisor Phone: (303) 297-4274
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 583
Granted Applications: 558
Non-Granted Applications: 25
Avg OA / Grant: 1.24
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2911 , 2922
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.7%	1.24
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	2	2	100.0%
2016	56	56	100.0%
2017	45	44	97.8%
2018	39	38	97.4%
2019	36	36	100.0%
2020	104	103	99.0%
2021	77	77	100.0%
2022	52	46	88.5%
2023	78	71	91.0%
2024	77	72	93.5%
2025	16	13	81.3%
2026	1	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	583	0.0%	13.0%	7.7%	65.9%
2	109	0.0%	10.1%	15.6%	64.2%
3	23	0.0%	8.7%	47.8%	21.7%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%