Examiner Janice Hallmark

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2024 (17 months ago).

Examiner Janice Hallmark appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 93.0%, they average 1.27 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.27

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2012-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 286
Granted Applications: 266
Non-Granted Applications: 20
Avg OA / Grant: 1.27
Last OA Observed: October 2024 (17 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2918 , 2925
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	93.0%	1.27
Art Unit	23	96.0%	1.24
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	10	9	90.0%
2013	32	29	90.6%
2014	33	33	100.0%
2015	17	13	76.5%
2016	39	38	97.4%
2017	49	48	98.0%
2018	44	35	79.5%
2019	27	27	100.0%
2020	8	8	100.0%
No observed data for 2021.
2022	5	5	100.0%
2023	13	12	92.3%
2024	9	9	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	286	0.0%	7.3%	2.4%	80.8%
2	60	0.0%	6.7%	1.7%	83.3%
3	13	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%