Examiner Jerry-Daryl Fletcher

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: December 2025 (5 months ago).

Examiner Jerry-Daryl Fletcher appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 45.4%, they average 2.36 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.36

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2008-2025)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 469
Granted Applications: 213
Non-Granted Applications: 256
Avg OA / Grant: 2.36
Last OA Observed: December 2025 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3714 , 3715 , 3763
Work Groups Seen: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	45.4%	2.36
Art Unit	73	35.3%	2.27
Group	168	40.8%	2.15
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	2	10.0%
2009	24	2	8.3%
2010	34	4	11.8%
2011	33	8	24.2%
2012	35	15	42.9%
2013	22	6	27.3%
2014	24	4	16.7%
2015	46	19	41.3%
2016	39	24	61.5%
2017	44	26	59.1%
2018	42	31	73.8%
2019	48	33	68.8%
2020	35	26	74.3%
2021	13	11	84.6%
No observed data for 2022-2024.
2025	10	2	20.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	469	10.2%	7.0%	64.6%	4.5%
2	278	18.0%	9.4%	61.9%	3.6%
3	145	15.2%	4.1%	73.8%	3.4%
4	100	19.0%	3.0%	74.0%	3.0%
5	54	24.1%	0.0%	74.1%	1.9%
6	34	32.4%	0.0%	64.7%	2.9%
7	20	30.0%	0.0%	70.0%	0.0%
8	14	21.4%	0.0%	78.6%	0.0%
9	8	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
10	4	75.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2024: AI Examples

0.0%

2007

2.9%

2008

4.3%

2009

1.1%

2010

0.0%

2011

1.2%

2012

1.3%

2013

13.1%

2014

10.6%

2015

23.5%

2016

35.9%

2017

35.5%

2018

39.2%

2019

39.3%

2020

22.2%

2021

42.9%

2025

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