Examiner Lester Kincaid

Examiner Lester Kincaid appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 26.1%, they average 1.54 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.54

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2009-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-7922
Predicted Supervisor: Yuwen Pan
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-7855
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2640 - Telecommunications

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 92
Granted Applications: 24
Non-Granted Applications: 68
Avg OA / Grant: 1.54
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2617 , 2646 , 2649
Work Groups Seen: 2610 - Computer Graphic Processing and Hardware

2640 - Telecommunications

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	26.1%	1.54
Art Unit	40	63.4%	1.96
Group	215	61.6%	2.06
Tech Center	1,729	59.3%	1.88
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	5	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2010.
2011	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2012.
2013	1	0	0.0%
2014	3	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2015-2017.
2018	2	2	100.0%
2019	2	2	100.0%
2020	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2021-2022.
2023	7	7	100.0%
No observed data for 2024.
2025	48	13	27.1%
2026	22	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	91	0.0%	4.4%	91.2%	1.1%
2	41	0.0%	2.4%	87.8%	2.4%
3	10	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%