Examiner Brook V Schmid

Examiner Brook V Schmid appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 15.5%, they average 1.75 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 1.75

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2023-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-0141
Predicted Supervisor: N/A
Supervisor Phone: N/A
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 103
Granted Applications: 16
Non-Granted Applications: 87
Avg OA / Grant: 1.75
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	15.5%	1.75
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 2023; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2023	15	3	20.0%
2024	33	9	27.3%
2025	30	4	13.3%
2026	25	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	97	0.0%	4.1%	82.5%	13.4%
2	58	0.0%	0.0%	79.3%	17.2%
3	24	0.0%	4.2%	91.7%	4.2%
4	12	0.0%	8.3%	83.3%	8.3%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%