Examiner Richard E Chilcot

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2023 (30 months ago).

Examiner Richard E Chilcot appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.0%, 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: 15 years (2009-2023)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 704
Granted Applications: 542
Non-Granted Applications: 162
Avg OA / Grant: 1.18
Last OA Observed: September 2023 (30 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916 , 3635
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.0%	1.18
Art Unit	30	96.3%	1.23
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	14	0	0.0%
2010	6	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2011.
2012	7	7	100.0%
2013	10	9	90.0%
2014	14	13	92.9%
2015	7	7	100.0%
2016	47	28	59.6%
2017	111	73	65.8%
2018	100	70	70.0%
2019	80	67	83.8%
2020	89	78	87.6%
2021	79	70	88.6%
2022	103	84	81.6%
2023	37	36	97.3%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	704	0.0%	5.4%	5.4%	80.5%
2	123	0.0%	2.4%	8.9%	78.9%
3	9	0.0%	0.0%	44.4%	44.4%
4	5	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%