Examiner Robert M. Spear

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2025 (13 months ago).

Examiner Robert M. Spear appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 89.5%, they average 1.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2013-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 524
Granted Applications: 469
Non-Granted Applications: 55
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: March 2025 (13 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	89.5%	1.33
Art Unit	29	95.1%	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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	2	2	100.0%
2014	61	61	100.0%
2015	48	47	97.9%
2016	52	47	90.4%
2017	65	56	86.2%
2018	102	84	82.4%
2019	67	58	86.6%
2020	47	41	87.2%
2021	30	27	90.0%
2022	13	11	84.6%
2023	26	24	92.3%
2024	10	10	100.0%
2025	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	524	0.0%	5.2%	2.3%	87.2%
2	137	0.0%	5.1%	0.7%	90.5%
3	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	80.0%
4	12	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	83.3%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%