Examiner Drew C Newman

Examiner Drew C Newman appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 19.4%, they average 3.10 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.10

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2023-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-9873
Predicted Supervisor: Jonathan Leong
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-1292
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1750 - 1750

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 103
Granted Applications: 20
Non-Granted Applications: 83
Avg OA / Grant: 3.10
Last OA Observed: July 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1751
Work Groups Seen: 1750 - 1750

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	19.4%	3.10
Art Unit	12	29.5%	2.04
Group	101	32.5%	1.92
Tech Center	1,762	45.4%	2.14
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2023; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2023	10	4	40.0%
2024	28	13	46.4%
2025	28	3	10.7%
2026	37	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	102	0.0%	3.9%	92.2%	2.0%
2	88	0.0%	0.0%	93.2%	5.7%
3	55	0.0%	1.8%	94.5%	1.8%
4	46	0.0%	2.2%	95.7%	2.2%
5	22	0.0%	0.0%	86.4%	13.6%
6	14	0.0%	7.1%	85.7%	7.1%
7	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%