Examiner Damian A. Hillman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2016 (122 months ago).

Examiner Damian A. Hillman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 75.8%, they average 1.90 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 Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.90

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 165
Granted Applications: 125
Non-Granted Applications: 40
Avg OA / Grant: 1.90
Last OA Observed: March 2016 (122 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2822
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	75.8%	1.90
Art Unit	25	72.8%	1.81
Group	205	73.0%	1.64
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	14	11	78.6%
2013	64	47	73.4%
2014	58	48	82.8%
2015	24	18	75.0%
2016	5	1	20.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	165	0.0%	4.2%	93.9%	0.0%
2	85	0.0%	3.5%	95.3%	0.0%
3	39	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	15	0.0%	6.7%	93.3%	0.0%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%