Examiner Katherine Anne Kloecker

Examiner Katherine Anne Kloecker appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 30.5%, they average 1.96 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.96

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2021-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-5103
Predicted Supervisor: Joshua Huson
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-5301
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 187
Granted Applications: 57
Non-Granted Applications: 130
Avg OA / Grant: 1.96
Last OA Observed: July 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3642
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	30.5%	1.96
Art Unit	30	58.1%	1.76
Group	278	54.3%	1.75
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 2021; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2021	6	1	16.7%
2022	40	21	52.5%
2023	30	15	50.0%
2024	41	15	36.6%
2025	28	5	17.9%
2026	42	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	182	0.0%	1.6%	90.7%	6.6%
2	105	0.0%	0.0%	95.2%	4.8%
3	58	0.0%	0.0%	96.6%	3.4%
4	33	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	14	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	9	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%