Examiner Patricia L. Engle

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2018 (95 months ago).

Examiner Patricia L. Engle appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 7.7%, they average 1.00 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 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2009-2018)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 26
Granted Applications: 2
Non-Granted Applications: 24
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: August 2018 (95 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3612
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	7.7%	1.00
Art Unit	34	56.1%	1.37
Group	159	60.2%	1.45
Tech Center	2,366	46.9%	2.11
USPTO	16,348	53.5%	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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	1	0	0.0%
2010	15	1	6.7%
No observed data for 2011.
2012	1	0	0.0%
2013	1	0	0.0%
2014	6	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2015-2016.
2017	1	0	0.0%
2018	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	25	0.0%	4.0%	92.0%	0.0%
2	13	0.0%	0.0%	84.6%	7.7%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
6	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%