Examiner Donald Underwood

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2012 (161 months ago).

Examiner Donald Underwood appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 68.3%, they average 1.94 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.94

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 243
Granted Applications: 166
Non-Granted Applications: 77
Avg OA / Grant: 1.94
Last OA Observed: November 2012 (161 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3652
Work Groups Seen: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	68.3%	1.94
Art Unit	29	61.7%	1.68
Group	239	60.7%	1.70
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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	55	32	58.2%
2009	54	37	68.5%
2010	56	38	67.9%
2011	45	34	75.6%
2012	33	25	75.8%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	243	0.0%	6.2%	74.5%	16.0%
2	133	0.0%	5.3%	72.2%	22.6%
3	52	0.0%	1.9%	75.0%	21.2%
4	18	0.0%	0.0%	77.8%	22.2%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	14.3%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%