Examiner Cynthia Underwood

Examiner Cynthia Underwood appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.1%, they average 1.27 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 1.27

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 19 years (2008-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-7652
Predicted Supervisor: Gary Watson
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-7145
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 814
Granted Applications: 790
Non-Granted Applications: 24
Avg OA / Grant: 1.27
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2918 , 2924
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.1%	1.27
Art Unit	23	96.0%	1.24
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	7	7	100.0%
2009	12	12	100.0%
2010	26	26	100.0%
2011	63	62	98.4%
2012	120	112	93.3%
2013	61	59	96.7%
2014	82	80	97.6%
2015	58	57	98.3%
2016	74	72	97.3%
2017	68	66	97.1%
2018	48	48	100.0%
2019	50	50	100.0%
2020	32	32	100.0%
2021	38	38	100.0%
2022	33	31	93.9%
2023	21	19	90.5%
2024	17	17	100.0%
2025	2	2	100.0%
2026	2	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	814	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%	93.5%
2	209	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	97.6%
3	17	0.0%	0.0%	5.9%	94.1%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%