Examiner Sam Dillon
Examiner Sam Dillon appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 14 years (2008-2021)
- Tech Center
- 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
- Group
- 2180 - Computer Architecture, I/O, Modeling and Simulation
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 29
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 29
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- February 2021 (63 months ago)
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 13 | 71.4% | 1.87 |
| 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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data for 2013. | |||
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data for 2015-2019. | |||
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 0.0% | 8.0% | 88.0% | 0.0% |
| 2 | 17 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 94.1% | 0.0% |
| 3 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 91.7% | 0.0% |
| 4 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.9% | 0.0% |
| 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 6 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 7 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 8 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 9 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 10 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |