Examiner Tony Williams

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2022 (43 months ago).

Examiner Tony Williams appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 61.9%, they average 3.46 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 3.46

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2016-2022)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2450 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 134
Granted Applications: 83
Non-Granted Applications: 51
Avg OA / Grant: 3.46
Last OA Observed: August 2022 (43 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2454 , 2456
Work Groups Seen: 2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	61.9%	3.46
Art Unit	42	64.3%	2.14
Group	208	59.3%	2.41
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 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	1	0	0.0%
2017	11	4	36.4%
2018	25	8	32.0%
2019	24	18	75.0%
2020	33	23	69.7%
2021	19	13	68.4%
2022	21	17	81.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	150	0.0%	6.0%	94.0%	0.0%
2	124	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
3	87	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	69	0.0%	1.4%	98.6%	0.0%
5	32	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	21	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	6	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%