Examiner Blake Scoville

Examiner Blake Scoville appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 50.3%, they average 1.68 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.68

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2023-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-7654
Predicted Supervisor: Christopher Sebesta
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-0547
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3670 - Wells, Earth Boring/Moving, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 161
Granted Applications: 81
Non-Granted Applications: 80
Avg OA / Grant: 1.68
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3671
Work Groups Seen: 3670 - Wells, Earth Boring/Moving, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	50.3%	1.68
Art Unit	34	58.8%	1.61
Group	235	60.7%	1.84
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 2023; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2023	41	33	80.5%
2024	45	27	60.0%
2025	56	21	37.5%
2026	19	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	161	0.0%	12.4%	75.8%	9.9%
2	61	0.0%	6.6%	80.3%	11.5%
3	25	0.0%	4.0%	88.0%	8.0%
4	11	0.0%	9.1%	63.6%	27.3%
5	5	0.0%	20.0%	80.0%	0.0%