Examiner Jonathan R. Stroud

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2011 (174 months ago).

Examiner Jonathan R. Stroud appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 30.0%, they average 2.47 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.47

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2008-2011)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 100
Granted Applications: 30
Non-Granted Applications: 70
Avg OA / Grant: 2.47
Last OA Observed: December 2011 (174 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3774
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	30.0%	2.47
Art Unit	56	44.5%	1.95
Group	269	49.9%	2.08
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	20	6	30.0%
2009	33	10	30.3%
2010	28	6	21.4%
2011	19	8	42.1%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	100	1.0%	23.0%	69.0%	1.0%
2	55	0.0%	14.5%	78.2%	0.0%
3	29	0.0%	13.8%	82.8%	0.0%
4	18	0.0%	11.1%	88.9%	0.0%
5	9	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

1.3%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

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