Examiner Keli L. Hill

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (5 months ago).

Examiner Keli L. Hill appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 93.4%, they average 1.18 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.18

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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: 975
Granted Applications: 911
Non-Granted Applications: 64
Avg OA / Grant: 1.18
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2912 , 2922
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	93.4%	1.18
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	28	22	78.6%
2009	60	58	96.7%
2010	47	47	100.0%
2011	44	41	93.2%
2012	57	54	94.7%
2013	45	45	100.0%
2014	61	61	100.0%
2015	69	69	100.0%
2016	74	70	94.6%
2017	73	61	83.6%
2018	104	88	84.6%
2019	56	54	96.4%
2020	50	49	98.0%
2021	40	33	82.5%
2022	49	49	100.0%
2023	50	44	88.0%
2024	62	62	100.0%
2025	6	4	66.7%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	975	0.0%	4.6%	1.2%	82.1%
2	165	0.0%	6.1%	2.4%	83.0%
3	13	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	69.2%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%