Examiner Teddy Falloway

Examiner Teddy Falloway appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.5%, they average 1.25 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 1.25

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2013-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-0207
Predicted Supervisor: N/A
Supervisor Phone: N/A
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 362
Granted Applications: 335
Non-Granted Applications: 27
Avg OA / Grant: 1.25
Last OA Observed: February 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2921 , 2923
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	92.5%	1.25
Art Unit	23	95.7%	1.25
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	3	3	100.0%
2014	6	6	100.0%
2015	44	44	100.0%
2016	47	42	89.4%
2017	48	44	91.7%
2018	43	42	97.7%
2019	55	53	96.4%
2020	41	41	100.0%
2021	31	26	83.9%
2022	12	10	83.3%
2023	13	10	76.9%
2024	7	7	100.0%
2025	9	7	77.8%
2026	3	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	356	0.0%	12.6%	7.6%	66.9%
2	78	0.0%	5.1%	2.6%	82.1%
3	6	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%