Examiner Ann Loftus

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2015 (135 months ago).

Examiner Ann Loftus appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 14.0%, they average 1.43 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 1.43

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 50
Granted Applications: 7
Non-Granted Applications: 43
Avg OA / Grant: 1.43
Last OA Observed: January 2015 (135 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3691 , 3692
Work Groups Seen: 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	14.0%	1.43
Art Unit	23	31.4%	2.88
Group	163	34.9%	2.69
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	4	0	0.0%
2009	3	1	33.3%
No observed data for 2010.
2011	7	2	28.6%
2012	13	1	7.7%
2013	10	3	30.0%
2014	12	0	0.0%
2015	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	50	0.0%	2.0%	96.0%	2.0%
2	26	0.0%	0.0%	96.2%	3.8%
3	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%