Examiner Profiles & Patterns

Every trademark application is reviewed by a USPTO examining attorney. GleanMark profiles each examiner with statistics from their case history — approval rates, average timelines, case load, and more. Use this data to inform your prosecution strategy.

What You Can Do

• Look up any USPTO examining attorney by name
• View their registration (approval) rate across all cases
• See average timelines: filing to publication, filing to first office action
• Browse their case load with status breakdowns, filterable by Nice class
• Find other examiners with comparable patterns
• Filter their cases by status, class, mark type, office action, and TTAB involvement

How It Works

1. Open an examiner profile — the most reliable way in is to click a trademark's examiner link from any detail page. The dedicated examiner search tool (/examiner-search) is rolling out behind a feature flag and may not be available on your account yet.
2. View the profile — the examiner page (/examiner/:name) shows statistics and their full case history
3. Browse their cases — searchable, filterable table of all marks they've examined
4. Check other examiners — sidebar shows up to 50 examiners with similar patterns

Profile Statistics

The examiner header displays:

Case Filters

Filter the examiner's case list by:

• Status — registered, pending, abandoned, etc.
• Nice Classes — specific product/service categories
• Mark Type — word, combined, stylized, design
• Office Action — cases with or without office actions issued
• TTAB — involvement in opposition/cancellation proceedings
• Owner — text search within the examiner's cases
• Date ranges — filing date and registration date

Results can be sorted by filing date, registration date, or mark name, and exported to Excel.

Other USPTO Examiners

The "Other USPTO Examiners" sidebar shows examiners with similar patterns — same case volume range, similar class focus, comparable approval rates. This helps you benchmark an examiner against their peers.

Tips

• Check the registration rate before responding to an OA — examiners with high approval rates may be more receptive to well-reasoned arguments
• Look at the avg filing-to-first-OA timeline — a quick first OA often means the examiner reviews applications promptly
• Filter by "Office Action = Yes" to see how often an examiner issues refusals — some examiners issue OAs on nearly every application, others rarely
• Review the examiner's cases in your class — an examiner's behavior in Class 9 may differ from their behavior in Class 25

Related Features

• Knockout Search — Check availability before filing
• Confusion Analysis (DuPont) — Deep-dive analysis when an examiner cites your mark
• Setting Up Alerts — Monitor prosecution events including office actions