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Examiner Samantha Shawn Mccarthy

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2024 (21 months ago).

Examiner Samantha Shawn Mccarthy appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 8.3%, they average 1.00 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average
Difficulty vs Group About Average
Difficulty vs TC About Average
Difficulty vs USPTO About Average
Average OA / Grant 1.00
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
2 years (2023-2024)
Tech Center
3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group
3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
12
Granted Applications
1
Non-Granted Applications
11
Avg OA / Grant
1.00
Last OA Observed
June 2024 (21 months ago)
Art Units Seen
3772
Work Groups Seen

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 8.3% 1.00
Art Unit 49 36.5% 2.02
Group 269 49.9% 2.08
Tech Center 2,632 49.9% 2.01
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023 2024
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 2023; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2023 3 0 0.0%
2024 9 1 11.1%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 36 0.0% 2.8% 97.2% 0.0%
2 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
3 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%