Examiner Randall Gholson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2020 (75 months ago).

Examiner Randall Gholson appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.8%, they average 1.13 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.13

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 309
Granted Applications: 296
Non-Granted Applications: 13
Avg OA / Grant: 1.13
Last OA Observed: January 2020 (75 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2918
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.8%	1.13
Art Unit	23	96.0%	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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	17	16	94.1%
2009	27	23	85.2%
2010	22	22	100.0%
2011	23	20	87.0%
2012	22	22	100.0%
2013	33	31	93.9%
2014	13	13	100.0%
2015	21	20	95.2%
2016	33	33	100.0%
2017	35	34	97.1%
2018	25	25	100.0%
2019	37	36	97.3%
2020	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	310	0.0%	3.2%	7.1%	72.6%
2	38	0.0%	2.6%	10.5%	78.9%
3	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%