Examiner Sandra Herrick

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2019 (80 months ago).

Examiner Sandra Herrick appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 44.8%, they average 2.77 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.77

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2017-2019)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 58
Granted Applications: 26
Non-Granted Applications: 32
Avg OA / Grant: 2.77
Last OA Observed: October 2019 (80 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3646
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	44.8%	2.77
Art Unit	28	60.6%	1.86
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 2017; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2017	8	2	25.0%
2018	30	13	43.3%
2019	20	11	55.0%
No observed data after 2019; 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	80	0.0%	8.8%	87.5%	1.3%
2	62	0.0%	6.5%	83.9%	8.1%
3	23	0.0%	8.7%	82.6%	8.7%
4	15	0.0%	0.0%	86.7%	13.3%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	71.4%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%