Examiner Steve Clemmons

Examiner Steve Clemmons appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 64.7%, they average 1.64 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.64

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2012-2026)
Phone: (313) 446-4842
Predicted Supervisor: J Allen Shriver
Supervisor Phone: (303) 297-4337
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 677
Granted Applications: 438
Non-Granted Applications: 239
Avg OA / Grant: 1.64
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3613 , 3618
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	64.7%	1.64
Art Unit	24	69.5%	1.51
Group	152	63.7%	1.45
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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	15	8	53.3%
2013	67	47	70.1%
2014	51	43	84.3%
2015	28	15	53.6%
2016	42	27	64.3%
2017	53	37	69.8%
2018	58	46	79.3%
2019	54	33	61.1%
2020	60	37	61.7%
2021	38	30	78.9%
2022	25	16	64.0%
2023	45	36	80.0%
2024	52	36	69.2%
2025	71	27	38.0%
2026	18	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	675	0.0%	3.6%	81.8%	13.8%
2	290	0.0%	3.4%	89.0%	6.2%
3	92	0.0%	2.2%	94.6%	2.2%
4	32	0.0%	3.1%	90.6%	6.3%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%