Examiner Robert Wilson

Grant ratio: 91.1% (95th percentile in Art Unit 2475 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.78. Most common rejection type: §112.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: March 2018
Grant ratio 91.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.78
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
79339
Primary art unit
2475
Work group
2470
Technology center
2400
Applications
650
Granted applications
592

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 14 42.8% 1.73
Group 202 63.7% 1.93
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.73 1,161 office actions across 670 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 670 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 344 51.3%
2 OAs 230 34.3%
3 OAs 53 7.9%
4 OAs 26 3.9%
5+ OAs 17 2.5%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 76.5% 2008 2009: 91.1% 2009 2010: 92.6% 2010 2011: 91.3% 2011 2012: 93.7% 2012 2013: 94.7% 2013 2014: 87.3% 2014 2015: 90.9% 2015 2016: 89.9% 2016 2017: 93.8% 2017 2018: 100.0% 2018

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008342676.5%
2009565191.1%
2010686392.6%
2011696391.3%
2012635993.7%
2013767294.7%
2014716287.3%
2015555090.9%
2016797189.9%
2017656193.8%
20181414100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 670 18.4% 2.2% 21.3% 43.9%
Action 2 326 13.2% 2.1% 24.5% 41.7%
Action 3 96 19.8% 1.0% 24.0% 43.8%
Action 4 43 27.9% 0.0% 25.6% 41.9%
Action 5 17 29.4% 0.0% 41.2% 29.4%
Action 6 8 12.5% 0.0% 37.5% 37.5%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 17.5% 203 of 1,161 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

9.7%
26.0%
35.5%
21.6%
16.1%
10.0%
2014: Alice
6.5%
8.1%
14.0%
23.6%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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