Examiner Emily M. Lloyd

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2016 (123 months ago).

Examiner Emily M. Lloyd appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 43.4%, they average 2.71 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.71

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 272
Granted Applications: 118
Non-Granted Applications: 154
Avg OA / Grant: 2.71
Last OA Observed: February 2016 (123 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3736 , 3739
Work Groups Seen: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	43.4%	2.71
Art Unit	32	52.1%	2.19
Group	288	51.1%	2.22
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	23	6	26.1%
2009	39	11	28.2%
2010	62	23	37.1%
2011	25	12	48.0%
2012	15	5	33.3%
2013	27	12	44.4%
2014	44	20	45.5%
2015	31	23	74.2%
2016	6	6	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	272	7.0%	6.3%	69.5%	7.0%
2	174	6.9%	5.2%	69.0%	12.6%
3	109	11.9%	2.8%	60.6%	20.2%
4	68	4.4%	5.9%	70.6%	16.2%
5	31	6.5%	0.0%	58.1%	29.0%
6	11	0.0%	0.0%	54.5%	36.4%
7	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

1.1%

2008

6.1%

2009

11.7%

2010

7.4%

2011

18.4%

2012

6.8%

2013

3.7%

2014

7.5%

2015

0.0%

2016

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