Examiner Nicole P Maccrate

Examiner Nicole P Maccrate appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 40.9%, they average 1.69 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.69

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2021-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-5215
Predicted Supervisor: Joshua J Michener
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-1467
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 208
Granted Applications: 85
Non-Granted Applications: 123
Avg OA / Grant: 1.69
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3642
Work Groups Seen: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	40.9%	1.69
Art Unit	30	58.9%	1.76
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
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 2021; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2021	16	9	56.3%
2022	34	18	52.9%
2023	34	19	55.9%
2024	43	25	58.1%
2025	66	14	21.2%
2026	15	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	206	0.0%	6.3%	80.6%	10.7%
2	104	0.0%	2.9%	87.5%	7.7%
3	38	0.0%	0.0%	94.7%	5.3%
4	16	0.0%	0.0%	93.8%	6.3%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%