Examiner Jason Sheppard

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2018 (92 months ago).

Examiner Jason Sheppard appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 55.1%, they average 2.46 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103, with occasional §101 rejections and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.46

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2011-2018)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 243
Granted Applications: 134
Non-Granted Applications: 109
Avg OA / Grant: 2.46
Last OA Observed: October 2018 (92 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3748
Work Groups Seen: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	55.1%	2.46
Art Unit	45	70.3%	1.72
Group	447	58.2%	1.86
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	4	0	0.0%
2012	29	15	51.7%
2013	33	7	21.2%
2014	25	14	56.0%
2015	33	18	54.5%
2016	45	26	57.8%
2017	31	18	58.1%
2018	43	36	83.7%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	253	2.0%	11.9%	75.9%	9.1%
2	175	7.4%	5.7%	37.1%	49.7%
3	93	9.7%	6.5%	48.4%	35.5%
4	49	12.2%	2.0%	57.1%	28.6%
5	19	15.8%	0.0%	57.9%	26.3%
6	10	20.0%	20.0%	40.0%	20.0%
7	4	25.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%
8	3	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%
9	1	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

6.7%

2014

20.5%

2015

14.6%

2016

1.6%

2017

6.3%

2018

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