Examiner Harold E. Blackwell, Ii

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2025 (12 months ago).

Examiner Harold E. Blackwell, Ii appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.1%, they average 1.27 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

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: 12 years (2014-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 383
Granted Applications: 368
Non-Granted Applications: 15
Avg OA / Grant: 1.27
Last OA Observed: March 2025 (12 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.1%	1.27
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	24	21	87.5%
2015	50	49	98.0%
2016	56	56	100.0%
2017	23	23	100.0%
2018	40	40	100.0%
2019	40	37	92.5%
2020	24	24	100.0%
2021	21	20	95.2%
2022	42	40	95.2%
2023	27	23	85.2%
2024	34	33	97.1%
2025	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	383	0.0%	12.5%	1.8%	78.3%
2	91	0.0%	3.3%	1.1%	82.4%
3	13	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	84.6%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%