Examiner Melanie J Patrick

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2020 (66 months ago).

Examiner Melanie J Patrick appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 70.2%, they average 1.88 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.88

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2018-2020)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 57
Granted Applications: 40
Non-Granted Applications: 17
Avg OA / Grant: 1.88
Last OA Observed: December 2020 (66 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3662
Work Groups Seen: 3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	70.2%	1.88
Art Unit	49	56.6%	1.94
Group	457	55.5%	1.86
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 2018; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2018	2	1	50.0%
2019	21	11	52.4%
2020	34	28	82.4%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	60	0.0%	1.7%	93.3%	5.0%
2	36	0.0%	0.0%	97.2%	2.8%
3	16	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%