Examiner Jerome W. Donnelly

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2016 (115 months ago).

Examiner Jerome W. Donnelly appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.5%, they average 1.31 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.31

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2010-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 411
Granted Applications: 302
Non-Granted Applications: 109
Avg OA / Grant: 1.31
Last OA Observed: October 2016 (115 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3764
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	73.5%	1.31
Art Unit	16	64.1%	1.52
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	3	3	100.0%
2011	91	71	78.0%
2012	83	54	65.1%
2013	84	57	67.9%
2014	75	60	80.0%
2015	53	41	77.4%
2016	22	16	72.7%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	412	0.0%	3.6%	53.9%	13.6%
2	96	0.0%	0.0%	61.5%	9.4%
3	23	0.0%	0.0%	78.3%	8.7%
4	5	0.0%	0.0%	80.0%	20.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%