Examiner Samantha N Wood

Examiner Samantha N Wood appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 91.2%, they average 1.32 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 1.32

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2016-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-6457
Predicted Supervisor: Shannon Morgan
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-7979
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 617
Granted Applications: 563
Non-Granted Applications: 54
Avg OA / Grant: 1.32
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914 , 2915
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	91.2%	1.32
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 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	10	9	90.0%
2017	64	64	100.0%
2018	72	70	97.2%
2019	105	88	83.8%
2020	98	80	81.6%
2021	85	83	97.6%
2022	56	54	96.4%
2023	59	58	98.3%
2024	48	46	95.8%
2025	16	11	68.8%
2026	4	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	617	0.0%	3.4%	1.0%	92.4%
2	179	0.0%	2.2%	2.8%	91.1%
3	20	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	90.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%