Examiner Kathryn L. Thompson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2015 (136 months ago).

Examiner Kathryn L. Thompson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 19.1%, they average 1.89 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.89

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2010-2015)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 47
Granted Applications: 9
Non-Granted Applications: 38
Avg OA / Grant: 1.89
Last OA Observed: February 2015 (136 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3643
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	19.1%	1.89
Art Unit	29	42.4%	2.10
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	2	1	50.0%
2011	8	1	12.5%
2012	5	1	20.0%
2013	14	3	21.4%
2014	13	3	23.1%
2015	5	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	47	2.1%	12.8%	74.5%	2.1%
2	19	5.3%	5.3%	84.2%	0.0%
3	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2010

7.7%

2011

0.0%

2012

3.6%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

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