Examiner Rachel F Durnin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2022 (45 months ago).

Examiner Rachel F Durnin appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 27.1%, they average 2.88 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.88

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2018-2022)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 96
Granted Applications: 26
Non-Granted Applications: 70
Avg OA / Grant: 2.88
Last OA Observed: September 2022 (45 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3626
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	27.1%	2.88
Art Unit	62	22.5%	2.89
Group	362	27.1%	2.85
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 2018; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2018	7	2	28.6%
2019	22	5	22.7%
2020	27	6	22.2%
2021	20	4	20.0%
2022	20	9	45.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	117	3.4%	7.7%	88.9%	0.0%
2	78	12.8%	7.7%	76.9%	2.6%
3	44	18.2%	0.0%	81.8%	0.0%
4	28	7.1%	0.0%	92.9%	0.0%
5	14	35.7%	0.0%	64.3%	0.0%
6	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2019: PEG

10.5%

2018

6.1%

2019

9.2%

2020

13.0%

2021

11.3%

2022

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.