Examiner Tracey J Bell

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2024 (20 months ago).

Examiner Tracey J Bell appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.9%, they average 1.32 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §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 1.32

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2016-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 429
Granted Applications: 390
Non-Granted Applications: 39
Avg OA / Grant: 1.32
Last OA Observed: August 2024 (20 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2917 , 2934
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.9%	1.32
Art Unit	25	95.7%	1.22
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 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	11	11	100.0%
2017	67	61	91.0%
2018	90	86	95.6%
2019	85	78	91.8%
2020	70	61	87.1%
2021	59	56	94.9%
2022	36	27	75.0%
2023	8	7	87.5%
2024	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	432	0.0%	21.1%	12.7%	44.2%
2	115	0.0%	20.9%	21.7%	48.7%
3	24	0.0%	20.8%	25.0%	41.7%
4	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	40.0%