Examiner Melanie Alexander

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2015 (126 months ago).

Examiner Melanie Alexander appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 64.4%, they average 1.44 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 1.44

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2009-2015)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 194
Granted Applications: 125
Non-Granted Applications: 69
Avg OA / Grant: 1.44
Last OA Observed: December 2015 (126 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3727
Work Groups Seen: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	64.4%	1.44
Art Unit	16	52.6%	1.83
Group	306	53.9%	1.76
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	3	3	100.0%
2010	1	0	0.0%
2011	23	13	56.5%
2012	52	32	61.5%
2013	49	36	73.5%
2014	37	21	56.8%
2015	29	20	69.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	194	0.0%	9.8%	80.4%	4.6%
2	69	0.0%	18.8%	75.4%	1.4%
3	14	0.0%	7.1%	85.7%	7.1%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	5	0.0%	20.0%	60.0%	20.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%