Examiner Robin Hylton

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2013 (160 months ago).

Examiner Robin Hylton appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 47.7%, they average 2.16 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 386
Granted Applications: 184
Non-Granted Applications: 202
Avg OA / Grant: 2.16
Last OA Observed: February 2013 (160 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3781 , 3788
Work Groups Seen: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	47.7%	2.16
Art Unit	56	47.1%	2.06
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
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	61	26	42.6%
2009	87	44	50.6%
2010	102	49	48.0%
2011	67	28	41.8%
2012	68	36	52.9%
2013	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2013; 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	386	0.0%	10.1%	64.5%	23.6%
2	205	0.5%	4.9%	49.8%	37.6%
3	81	0.0%	7.4%	53.1%	29.6%
4	38	0.0%	5.3%	42.1%	44.7%
5	11	0.0%	9.1%	63.6%	27.3%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.6%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

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