Examiner Clare Ann Gannon

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: December 2025 (4 months ago).

Examiner Clare Ann Gannon appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 93.6%, they average 1.30 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 1.30

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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: 436
Granted Applications: 408
Non-Granted Applications: 28
Avg OA / Grant: 1.30
Last OA Observed: December 2025 (4 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2919 , 2926
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	93.6%	1.30
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	7	7	100.0%
2015	31	31	100.0%
2016	32	29	90.6%
2017	57	50	87.7%
2018	74	72	97.3%
2019	63	62	98.4%
2020	29	26	89.7%
No observed data for 2021.
2022	25	24	96.0%
2023	57	55	96.5%
2024	50	48	96.0%
2025	11	4	36.4%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

408 family-cache-validated grants; 1 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	437	0.0%	12.1%	3.9%	77.8%
2	126	0.0%	4.8%	11.1%	78.6%
3	16	0.0%	6.3%	18.8%	68.8%
4	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	60.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%