Examiner Dewanda Samuel

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2018 (97 months ago).

Examiner Dewanda Samuel appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 86.2%, they average 2.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2008-2018)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2460 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 523
Granted Applications: 451
Non-Granted Applications: 72
Avg OA / Grant: 2.33
Last OA Observed: May 2018 (97 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2416 , 2464 , 2616
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2460 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	86.2%	2.33
Art Unit	23	71.5%	1.93
Group	224	61.6%	2.07
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	45	37	82.2%
2009	62	52	83.9%
2010	82	69	84.1%
2011	67	59	88.1%
2012	41	36	87.8%
2013	58	52	89.7%
2014	71	59	83.1%
2015	33	29	87.9%
2016	46	42	91.3%
2017	17	15	88.2%
2018	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	535	1.3%	7.9%	86.4%	1.3%
2	310	4.5%	2.6%	87.4%	1.0%
3	186	5.4%	2.7%	89.2%	1.6%
4	109	5.5%	1.8%	90.8%	1.8%
5	58	10.3%	8.6%	77.6%	0.0%
6	33	21.2%	6.1%	69.7%	0.0%
7	11	9.1%	9.1%	81.8%	0.0%
8	3	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

3.1%

2009

9.5%

2010

11.2%

2011

2.0%

2012

0.7%

2013

1.6%

2014

0.0%

2015

2.7%

2016

6.7%

2017

0.0%

2018

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.