Examiner Roger Hernandez-Prewitt

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

Examiner Roger Hernandez-Prewitt appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 82.2%, they average 1.78 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 1.78

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2011-2018)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 276
Granted Applications: 227
Non-Granted Applications: 49
Avg OA / Grant: 1.78
Last OA Observed: December 2018 (89 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2855 , 2856
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	82.2%	1.78
Art Unit	41	65.2%	1.51
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	35	29	82.9%
2012	36	26	72.2%
2013	38	31	81.6%
2014	11	10	90.9%
2015	26	19	73.1%
2016	40	34	85.0%
2017	44	34	77.3%
2018	46	44	95.7%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	291	3.4%	4.1%	72.2%	16.8%
2	139	2.2%	1.4%	75.5%	14.4%
3	44	2.3%	0.0%	86.4%	6.8%
4	15	0.0%	0.0%	93.3%	0.0%
5	6	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%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

1.6%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.7%

2015

1.1%

2016

5.0%

2017

9.2%

2018

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