Examiner Walter Davis

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2018 (94 months ago).

Examiner Walter Davis appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 74.2%, they average 2.72 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 2.72

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2014-2018)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 124
Granted Applications: 92
Non-Granted Applications: 32
Avg OA / Grant: 2.72
Last OA Observed: July 2018 (94 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2845
Work Groups Seen: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	74.2%	2.72
Art Unit	50	67.7%	1.67
Group	230	70.5%	1.61
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	4	2	50.0%
2015	17	4	23.5%
2016	58	45	77.6%
2017	33	29	87.9%
2018	12	12	100.0%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	127	0.0%	14.2%	85.8%	0.0%
2	88	0.0%	5.7%	94.3%	0.0%
3	57	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	31	0.0%	3.2%	96.8%	0.0%
5	15	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%