Examiner William Garry Roark

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2022 (41 months ago).

Examiner William Garry Roark appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 66.7%, they average 1.00 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 1 years (2022-2022)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 3
Granted Applications: 2
Non-Granted Applications: 1
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: December 2022 (41 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3774
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	66.7%	1.00
Art Unit	56	44.5%	1.95
Group	269	49.9%	2.08
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	3	2	66.7%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	8	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%