Examiner Ned A. Walker
Examiner Ned A. Walker appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 40.4%, they average 1.98 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
About Average
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
About Average
Difficulty vs USPTO
About Average
Average OA / Grant
1.98
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 9 years (2007-2015)
- Tech Center
- 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
- Group
- 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 376
- Granted Applications
- 152
- Non-Granted Applications
- 224
- Avg OA / Grant
- 1.98
- Last OA Observed
- February 2015 (135 months ago)
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 40.4% | 1.98 |
| Art Unit | 14 | 48.1% | 2.33 |
| Group | 288 | 43.4% | 1.90 |
| Tech Center | 2,632 | 49.9% | 2.01 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 2008 | 54 | 13 | 24.1% |
| 2009 | 70 | 27 | 38.6% |
| 2010 | 63 | 24 | 38.1% |
| 2011 | 49 | 21 | 42.9% |
| 2012 | 73 | 39 | 53.4% |
| 2013 | 34 | 18 | 52.9% |
| 2014 | 28 | 8 | 28.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
152 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 376 | 0.0% | 46.0% | 50.8% | 2.4% |
| 2 | 190 | 0.0% | 42.6% | 46.3% | 3.2% |
| 3 | 78 | 0.0% | 30.8% | 50.0% | 5.1% |
| 4 | 41 | 0.0% | 31.7% | 53.7% | 2.4% |
| 5 | 18 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 28.6% | 57.1% | 14.3% |
| 7 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% |
| 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |