Examiner Jonathan W Estes

Examiner Jonathan W Estes appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 40.8%, they average 1.81 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 1.81

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-4820
Predicted Supervisor: Basia Ridley
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-1453
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 130
Granted Applications: 53
Non-Granted Applications: 77
Avg OA / Grant: 1.81
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1725
Work Groups Seen: 1720 - Fuel Cells, Batteries, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	40.8%	1.81
Art Unit	27	46.9%	1.88
Group	253	48.9%	2.20
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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	2	2	100.0%
2023	34	28	82.4%
2024	20	14	70.0%
2025	41	9	22.0%
2026	33	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	130	0.0%	11.5%	83.1%	3.1%
2	87	0.0%	3.4%	95.4%	0.0%
3	53	0.0%	1.9%	96.2%	0.0%
4	25	0.0%	0.0%	96.0%	4.0%
5	14	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%