Examiner Nicholas K. Wiltey

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2021 (58 months ago).

Examiner Nicholas K. Wiltey appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.9%, they average 2.66 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.66

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2013-2021)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 262
Granted Applications: 204
Non-Granted Applications: 58
Avg OA / Grant: 2.66
Last OA Observed: August 2021 (58 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3669
Work Groups Seen: 3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.9%	2.66
Art Unit	54	57.8%	1.85
Group	457	55.5%	1.86
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	4	4	100.0%
2014	21	15	71.4%
2015	22	13	59.1%
2016	27	17	63.0%
2017	47	42	89.4%
2018	42	33	78.6%
2019	42	33	78.6%
2020	47	37	78.7%
2021	10	10	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	269	2.2%	1.9%	82.5%	8.2%
2	177	0.6%	0.6%	95.5%	2.8%
3	103	1.9%	0.0%	94.2%	2.9%
4	74	1.4%	0.0%	98.6%	0.0%
5	41	0.0%	0.0%	95.1%	4.9%
6	25	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	14	0.0%	0.0%	92.9%	7.1%
8	6	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%
9	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.1%

2015

0.0%

2016

1.8%

2017

0.0%

2018

4.3%

2019

2.6%

2020

9.1%

2021

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.