Examiner Derrick Holland

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2025 (7 months ago).

Examiner Derrick Holland appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.2%, they average 1.14 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.14

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2008-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 706
Granted Applications: 686
Non-Granted Applications: 20
Avg OA / Grant: 1.14
Last OA Observed: September 2025 (7 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2912
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.2%	1.14
Art Unit	34	96.4%	1.20
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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	35	35	100.0%
2009	67	67	100.0%
2010	58	57	98.3%
2011	76	76	100.0%
2012	54	53	98.1%
2013	62	62	100.0%
2014	47	45	95.7%
2015	23	21	91.3%
2016	17	17	100.0%
2017	23	21	91.3%
2018	28	22	78.6%
2019	22	22	100.0%
2020	37	37	100.0%
2021	50	48	96.0%
2022	30	30	100.0%
2023	41	39	95.1%
2024	28	27	96.4%
2025	8	7	87.5%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	705	0.0%	1.6%	2.6%	80.0%
2	94	0.0%	8.5%	6.4%	52.1%
3	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%