Examiner Melanie J. Hand

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2015 (127 months ago).

Examiner Melanie J. Hand appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 72.2%, they average 2.36 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.36

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 780
Granted Applications: 563
Non-Granted Applications: 217
Avg OA / Grant: 2.36
Last OA Observed: November 2015 (127 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3761 , 3778
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	72.2%	2.36
Art Unit	13	58.0%	2.33
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	58	24	41.4%
2009	125	78	62.4%
2010	126	95	75.4%
2011	149	106	71.1%
2012	105	78	74.3%
2013	95	79	83.2%
2014	87	71	81.6%
2015	35	32	91.4%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	780	2.3%	10.6%	75.0%	5.8%
2	474	0.6%	8.0%	82.9%	7.0%
3	268	0.4%	7.8%	81.3%	10.1%
4	141	0.0%	10.6%	80.9%	7.8%
5	57	0.0%	7.0%	82.5%	10.5%
6	30	0.0%	10.0%	76.7%	6.7%
7	14	14.3%	7.1%	71.4%	7.1%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.3%

2008

0.8%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.8%

2011

1.2%

2012

5.7%

2013

4.7%

2014

0.0%

2015

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