Examiner Andrew Kerr

Examiner Andrew Kerr appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.2%, they average 1.31 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 1.31

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2016-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-2642
Predicted Supervisor: N/A
Supervisor Phone: N/A
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 597
Granted Applications: 580
Non-Granted Applications: 17
Avg OA / Grant: 1.31
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2917 , 2921
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.2%	1.31
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 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	12	12	100.0%
2017	90	89	98.9%
2018	72	71	98.6%
2019	103	101	98.1%
2020	70	68	97.1%
2021	81	81	100.0%
2022	54	52	96.3%
2023	58	56	96.6%
2024	42	39	92.9%
2025	13	11	84.6%
2026	2	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	597	0.0%	4.9%	1.2%	89.1%
2	155	0.0%	6.5%	3.2%	87.7%
3	23	0.0%	13.0%	8.7%	78.3%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	75.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%