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Examiner Kimberly A. Williams

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2018 (89 months ago).

Examiner Kimberly A. Williams appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 86.8%, they average 1.47 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy
Difficulty vs Group Very Easy
Difficulty vs TC Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy
Average OA / Grant 1.47
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
12 years (2007-2018)
Tech Center
2600 - Communications
Group
2670 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
544
Granted Applications
472
Non-Granted Applications
72
Avg OA / Grant
1.47
Last OA Observed
December 2018 (89 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2625 , 2673 , 2674
Work Groups Seen
2620 - Selective Visual Display Systems
2670 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 86.8% 1.47
Art Unit 17 51.6% 1.84
Group 136 54.5% 1.79
Tech Center 1,729 59.3% 1.88
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.
Year Applications Granted Grant Rate
2007 2 2 100.0%
2008 55 46 83.6%
2009 67 53 79.1%
2010 62 57 91.9%
2011 50 42 84.0%
2012 51 45 88.2%
2013 39 34 87.2%
2014 46 43 93.5%
2015 47 35 74.5%
2016 57 52 91.2%
2017 37 34 91.9%
2018 31 29 93.5%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 552 2.5% 27.4% 59.4% 0.7%
2 175 2.3% 17.1% 70.9% 0.0%
3 53 0.0% 9.4% 77.4% 1.9%
4 20 0.0% 10.0% 80.0% 0.0%
5 10 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 0.0%
6 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
0.0%
2007
1.2%
2008
0.0%
2009
3.8%
2010
3.0%
2011
1.3%
2012
1.6%
2013
4.1%
2014
1.2%
2015
3.5%
2016
3.1%
2017
1.9%
2018

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