Examiner Nicole Shiflet

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (6 months ago).

Examiner Nicole Shiflet appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.7%, they average 1.16 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 1.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2014-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 478
Granted Applications: 424
Non-Granted Applications: 54
Avg OA / Grant: 1.16
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (6 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2919 , 2923
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	88.7%	1.16
Art Unit	24	94.1%	1.25
Group	24	94.1%	1.25
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	5	5	100.0%
2015	44	44	100.0%
2016	53	50	94.3%
2017	85	63	74.1%
2018	114	103	90.4%
2019	77	64	83.1%
No observed data for 2020.
2021	3	3	100.0%
2022	72	70	97.2%
2023	18	16	88.9%
2024	6	6	100.0%
2025	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	485	0.0%	2.5%	6.4%	73.2%
2	69	0.0%	7.2%	23.2%	60.9%
3	14	0.0%	14.3%	35.7%	50.0%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%