Examiner Jacob Geoffrey Sweeney

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2025 (17 months ago).

Examiner Jacob Geoffrey Sweeney appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 64.9%, they average 1.59 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 1.59

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2022-2025)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 57
Granted Applications: 37
Non-Granted Applications: 20
Avg OA / Grant: 1.59
Last OA Observed: January 2025 (17 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3635
Work Groups Seen: 3630 - Static Structures, Supports and Furniture

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	64.9%	1.59
Art Unit	25	48.3%	1.84
Group	175	54.3%	1.79
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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	1	0	0.0%
2023	23	13	56.5%
2024	32	24	75.0%
2025	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	66	0.0%	0.0%	89.4%	6.1%
2	20	0.0%	0.0%	90.0%	5.0%
3	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%