Examiner Sarah Suereth

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2011 (177 months ago).

Examiner Sarah Suereth appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 25.5%, they average 2.00 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2008-2011)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 110
Granted Applications: 28
Non-Granted Applications: 82
Avg OA / Grant: 2.00
Last OA Observed: September 2011 (177 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3749
Work Groups Seen: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	25.5%	2.00
Art Unit	34	49.9%	2.05
Group	447	58.2%	1.86
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	24	6	25.0%
2009	31	13	41.9%
2010	52	6	11.5%
2011	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	110	0.0%	6.4%	91.8%	0.0%
2	49	0.0%	2.0%	93.9%	2.0%
3	19	0.0%	0.0%	94.7%	0.0%
4	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%