Examiner William M. Brewster

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2014 (145 months ago).

Examiner William M. Brewster appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 79.3%, they average 1.68 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.68

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 232
Granted Applications: 184
Non-Granted Applications: 48
Avg OA / Grant: 1.68
Last OA Observed: May 2014 (145 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2823 , 3716
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	79.3%	1.68
Art Unit	20	75.8%	1.98
Group	205	73.0%	1.64
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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	3	3	100.0%
2009	46	36	78.3%
2010	52	45	86.5%
2011	46	38	82.6%
2012	45	32	71.1%
2013	35	25	71.4%
2014	5	5	100.0%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	232	0.0%	11.2%	85.8%	0.4%
2	117	0.0%	6.0%	92.3%	0.0%
3	32	0.0%	3.1%	93.8%	0.0%
4	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%