Examiner Cory A. Latham

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2025 (15 months ago).

Examiner Cory A. Latham appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.9%, they average 2.12 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.12

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2021-2025)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2180 - Computer Architecture, I/O, Modeling and Simulation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 46
Granted Applications: 34
Non-Granted Applications: 12
Avg OA / Grant: 2.12
Last OA Observed: January 2025 (15 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2175 , 2186
Work Groups Seen: 2170 - Graphical User Interface, Document Processing, Power, and Other

2180 - Computer Architecture, I/O, Modeling and Simulation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	73.9%	2.12
Art Unit	12	53.2%	2.03
Group	169	56.0%	1.88
Tech Center	1,706	55.9%	2.19
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 2021; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2021	1	1	100.0%
2022	15	9	60.0%
2023	14	11	78.6%
2024	15	12	80.0%
2025	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	54	0.0%	5.6%	94.4%	0.0%
2	38	0.0%	13.2%	78.9%	5.3%
3	17	0.0%	11.8%	82.4%	5.9%
4	13	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	4	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%