Examiner Andrew Preston Traywick

Examiner Andrew Preston Traywick appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 43.0%, they average 1.86 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.86

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-2982
Predicted Supervisor: Mark Huff
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-1385
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 149
Granted Applications: 64
Non-Granted Applications: 85
Avg OA / Grant: 1.86
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1737
Work Groups Seen: 1730 - Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysts, Electrophotography, Photolithography

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	43.0%	1.86
Art Unit	14	42.4%	2.08
Group	185	51.5%	1.97
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	8	6	75.0%
2023	34	24	70.6%
2024	41	29	70.7%
2025	45	5	11.1%
2026	21	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	145	0.0%	1.4%	80.0%	1.4%
2	81	0.0%	2.5%	88.9%	0.0%
3	30	0.0%	0.0%	93.3%	0.0%
4	14	0.0%	0.0%	92.9%	7.1%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%