Examiner Madison Elizabeth Dittner

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2023 (35 months ago).

Examiner Madison Elizabeth Dittner appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 69.3%, they average 1.51 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.51

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2020-2023)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 88
Granted Applications: 61
Non-Granted Applications: 27
Avg OA / Grant: 1.51
Last OA Observed: May 2023 (35 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3647
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	69.3%	1.51
Art Unit	20	54.8%	1.86
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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	8	4	50.0%
2021	30	21	70.0%
2022	39	28	71.8%
2023	11	8	72.7%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	96	0.0%	3.1%	85.4%	10.4%
2	30	0.0%	3.3%	96.7%	0.0%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	92.9%	7.1%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%