Examiner Kevin P Weldon

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2023 (34 months ago).

Examiner Kevin P Weldon appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 79.5%, they average 1.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.33

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2020-2023)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 185
Granted Applications: 147
Non-Granted Applications: 38
Avg OA / Grant: 1.33
Last OA Observed: September 2023 (34 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3612
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	79.5%	1.33
Art Unit	34	56.1%	1.37
Group	159	60.2%	1.45
Tech Center	2,366	46.9%	2.11
USPTO	16,348	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 2020; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2020	9	6	66.7%
2021	66	54	81.8%
2022	69	55	79.7%
2023	41	32	78.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	198	0.0%	11.6%	49.0%	35.4%
2	55	0.0%	18.2%	61.8%	18.2%
3	12	0.0%	25.0%	66.7%	8.3%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%