Examiner Erin Smith

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2014 (146 months ago).

Examiner Erin Smith appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 47.5%, they average 1.86 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.86

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 259
Granted Applications: 123
Non-Granted Applications: 136
Avg OA / Grant: 1.86
Last OA Observed: January 2014 (146 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3631 , 3632
Work Groups Seen: 3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	47.5%	1.86
Art Unit	22	66.2%	1.65
Group	175	54.3%	1.79
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	14	8	57.1%
2009	55	29	52.7%
2010	57	38	66.7%
2011	50	24	48.0%
2012	38	16	42.1%
2013	44	7	15.9%
2014	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	259	0.0%	12.7%	84.6%	1.5%
2	127	0.0%	7.1%	89.0%	2.4%
3	47	0.0%	4.3%	87.2%	8.5%
4	14	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%	0.0%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%