Examiner Ginger T. Chapman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2013 (148 months ago).

Examiner Ginger T. Chapman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 56.7%, they average 2.17 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.17

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 337
Granted Applications: 191
Non-Granted Applications: 146
Avg OA / Grant: 2.17
Last OA Observed: December 2013 (148 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3761
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	56.7%	2.17
Art Unit	80	40.8%	2.17
Group	377	50.6%	2.11
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	43	16	37.2%
2009	59	31	52.5%
2010	99	66	66.7%
2011	60	38	63.3%
2012	43	23	53.5%
2013	33	17	51.5%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	337	0.0%	8.9%	71.8%	1.5%
2	202	0.0%	3.0%	82.2%	1.5%
3	94	0.0%	2.1%	76.6%	3.2%
4	46	0.0%	6.5%	87.0%	0.0%
5	20	0.0%	5.0%	85.0%	5.0%
6	11	0.0%	0.0%	72.7%	9.1%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%