Examiner Stephen Crow

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2019 (78 months ago).

Examiner Stephen Crow appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.0%, they average 1.46 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 1.46

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2008-2019)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 699
Granted Applications: 510
Non-Granted Applications: 189
Avg OA / Grant: 1.46
Last OA Observed: September 2019 (78 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3764 , 3784
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	73.0%	1.46
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	55	28	50.9%
2009	56	34	60.7%
2010	61	42	68.9%
2011	64	49	76.6%
2012	86	67	77.9%
2013	69	53	76.8%
2014	58	44	75.9%
2015	40	28	70.0%
2016	58	47	81.0%
2017	57	41	71.9%
2018	56	48	85.7%
2019	39	29	74.4%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	707	0.4%	8.6%	53.5%	14.9%
2	237	0.0%	8.4%	56.5%	12.2%
3	47	0.0%	6.4%	61.7%	10.6%
4	14	0.0%	0.0%	64.3%	21.4%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	71.4%	14.3%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

1.1%

2013

1.2%

2014

0.0%

2015

1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.0%

2018

0.0%

2019

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