Examiner Keith R Williams

Examiner Keith R Williams appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant N/A

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2025-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-3911
Predicted Supervisor: Amjad Abraham
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-7058
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1660 - Asexually Reproduced Plant Varieties and Transgenic Plants

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 35
Granted Applications: 0
Non-Granted Applications: 35
Avg OA / Grant: N/A
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1663
Work Groups Seen: 1660 - Asexually Reproduced Plant Varieties and Transgenic Plants

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	0.0%	N/A
Art Unit	25	53.9%	1.49
Group	57	60.4%	1.46
Tech Center	1,349	39.5%	2.02
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 2025; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2025	22	0	0.0%
2026	13	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	35	14.3%	11.4%	62.9%	2.9%
2	14	7.1%	7.1%	57.1%	14.3%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2025: Aug. Memo

10.0%

2025

15.4%

2026

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