Examiner Albert Hilton

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

Examiner Albert Hilton appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 2.5%, they average 2.00 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 17 years (2009-2025)
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1710 - Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 40
Granted Applications: 1
Non-Granted Applications: 39
Avg OA / Grant: 2.00
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1717 , 1727 , 1795
Work Groups Seen: 1710 - Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth

1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

1790 - Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	2.5%	2.00
Art Unit	19	46.4%	2.21
Group	154	50.2%	2.19
Tech Center	1,713	47.3%	2.14
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	3	0	0.0%
2010	7	0	0.0%
2011	10	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2012.
2013	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2014-2019.
2020	4	0	0.0%
2021	2	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2022.
2023	1	1	100.0%
No observed data for 2024.
2025	12	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	22	0.0%	4.5%	90.9%	0.0%
2	24	0.0%	4.2%	83.3%	0.0%
3	11	0.0%	9.1%	90.9%	0.0%
4	9	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%