Examiner Wb Perkey

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2021 (56 months ago).

Examiner Wb Perkey appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.5%, they average 1.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 711
Granted Applications: 629
Non-Granted Applications: 82
Avg OA / Grant: 1.29
Last OA Observed: October 2021 (56 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2852 , 2862
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	88.5%	1.29
Art Unit	59	81.6%	1.48
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	56	43	76.8%
2009	49	37	75.5%
2010	58	47	81.0%
2011	47	35	74.5%
2012	57	54	94.7%
2013	46	39	84.8%
2014	51	47	92.2%
2015	53	50	94.3%
2016	49	44	89.8%
2017	61	59	96.7%
2018	46	42	91.3%
2019	56	52	92.9%
2020	52	50	96.2%
2021	30	30	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	711	5.2%	16.7%	44.7%	12.0%
2	154	3.2%	9.7%	51.3%	8.4%
3	40	0.0%	12.5%	60.0%	10.0%
4	14	0.0%	7.1%	42.9%	14.3%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2007

3.1%

2008

1.3%

2009

2.9%

2010

16.7%

2011

6.6%

2012

8.2%

2013

3.1%

2014

1.6%

2015

1.5%

2016

5.4%

2017

5.8%

2018

3.3%

2019

3.1%

2020

0.0%

2021

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