Examiner Anthony D Wiest

Examiner Anthony D Wiest appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 68.5%, they average 1.40 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.40

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2011-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-5974
Predicted Supervisor: Samuel Morano
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-6684
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 927
Granted Applications: 635
Non-Granted Applications: 292
Avg OA / Grant: 1.40
Last OA Observed: June 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3615 , 3617
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	68.5%	1.40
Art Unit	22	70.3%	1.55
Group	159	60.2%	1.45
Tech Center	2,366	46.9%	2.11
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	36	15	41.7%
2012	57	36	63.2%
2013	47	28	59.6%
2014	70	45	64.3%
2015	60	42	70.0%
2016	74	47	63.5%
2017	74	56	75.7%
2018	73	54	74.0%
2019	77	58	75.3%
2020	64	52	81.3%
2021	64	54	84.4%
2022	59	48	81.4%
2023	52	42	80.8%
2024	48	33	68.8%
2025	49	25	51.0%
2026	23	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	926	0.0%	4.8%	71.6%	19.7%
2	262	0.0%	6.1%	86.6%	5.7%
3	79	0.0%	1.3%	84.8%	7.6%
4	23	0.0%	0.0%	95.7%	0.0%
5	7	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%