Examiner Sara Sass

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2020 (71 months ago).

Examiner Sara Sass appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 56.2%, they average 3.26 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 3.26

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2012-2020)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 281
Granted Applications: 158
Non-Granted Applications: 123
Avg OA / Grant: 3.26
Last OA Observed: April 2020 (71 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3761 , 3781 , 3786
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	56.2%	3.26
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	10	5	50.0%
2013	53	35	66.0%
2014	45	27	60.0%
2015	34	18	52.9%
2016	33	15	45.5%
2017	42	23	54.8%
2018	34	19	55.9%
2019	27	14	51.9%
2020	3	2	66.7%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	312	0.3%	9.6%	85.3%	0.3%
2	245	0.0%	5.3%	91.4%	0.8%
3	161	0.6%	5.0%	93.2%	0.6%
4	108	0.0%	6.5%	90.7%	1.9%
5	55	0.0%	5.5%	94.5%	0.0%
6	38	0.0%	0.0%	97.4%	2.6%
7	25	0.0%	0.0%	96.0%	4.0%
8	17	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.6%

2013

0.9%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.0%

2018

0.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

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