Examiner Riley Owen Stout

Examiner Riley Owen Stout appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 53.3%, they average 1.32 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 1.32

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2020-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-0068
Predicted Supervisor: Christopher M Koehler
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-3560
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 152
Granted Applications: 81
Non-Granted Applications: 71
Avg OA / Grant: 1.32
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2832 , 2834
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	53.3%	1.32
Art Unit	55	59.1%	1.55
Group	356	68.0%	1.58
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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	6	6	100.0%
2021	35	32	91.4%
No observed data for 2022.
2023	22	13	59.1%
2024	31	21	67.7%
2025	37	9	24.3%
2026	21	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	152	0.0%	10.5%	84.9%	2.6%
2	60	0.0%	5.0%	95.0%	0.0%
3	19	0.0%	0.0%	94.7%	0.0%
4	12	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%