Examiner Philip S. Hyder

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2017 (104 months ago).

Examiner Philip S. Hyder appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.0%, they average 1.47 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 1.47

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 314
Granted Applications: 289
Non-Granted Applications: 25
Avg OA / Grant: 1.47
Last OA Observed: July 2017 (104 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	92.0%	1.47
Art Unit	25	95.7%	1.22
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	27	24	88.9%
2009	56	50	89.3%
2010	3	3	100.0%
2011	31	30	96.8%
2012	50	48	96.0%
2013	43	38	88.4%
2014	36	36	100.0%
2015	22	20	90.9%
2016	26	20	76.9%
2017	20	20	100.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	314	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%	92.4%
2	131	0.0%	0.8%	1.5%	93.9%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%
4	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%