Examiner Kristen Dragon

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2017 (114 months ago).

Examiner Kristen Dragon appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 14.7%, they average 1.20 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.20

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2015-2017)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 34
Granted Applications: 5
Non-Granted Applications: 29
Avg OA / Grant: 1.20
Last OA Observed: January 2017 (114 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3715
Work Groups Seen: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	14.7%	1.20
Art Unit	78	34.6%	2.28
Group	171	39.8%	2.15
Tech Center	2,662	48.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,347	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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	6	1	16.7%
2016	25	4	16.0%
2017	3	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	34	5.9%	17.6%	76.5%	0.0%
2	11	36.4%	0.0%	63.6%	0.0%
3	1	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2015

17.2%

2016

66.7%

2017

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