Examiner Kelly D Williams

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2021 (56 months ago).

Examiner Kelly D Williams appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 81.4%, they average 2.06 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.06

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2012-2021)
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: 274
Granted Applications: 223
Non-Granted Applications: 51
Avg OA / Grant: 2.06
Last OA Observed: September 2021 (56 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3662
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	81.4%	2.06
Art Unit	49	56.6%	1.94
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	2	2	100.0%
2013	6	6	100.0%
2014	26	22	84.6%
2015	31	22	71.0%
2016	23	13	56.5%
2017	42	36	85.7%
2018	35	30	85.7%
2019	38	33	86.8%
2020	46	37	80.4%
2021	25	22	88.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	272	4.8%	7.0%	67.3%	16.5%
2	151	7.3%	7.3%	76.8%	7.9%
3	76	5.3%	0.0%	88.2%	6.6%
4	42	2.4%	2.4%	90.5%	4.8%
5	19	0.0%	10.5%	89.5%	0.0%
6	12	0.0%	0.0%	91.7%	8.3%
7	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

33.3%

2011

0.0%

2012

4.3%

2013

3.0%

2014

4.5%

2015

8.5%

2016

7.1%

2017

3.0%

2018

0.0%

2019

6.1%

2020

6.5%

2021

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