Examiner David R Deal

Examiner David R Deal appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.3%, they average 1.51 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 1.51

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2016-2026)
Phone: (469) 295-9216
Predicted Supervisor: Craig M Schneider
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-3607
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 528
Granted Applications: 408
Non-Granted Applications: 120
Avg OA / Grant: 1.51
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (3 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3753
Work Groups Seen: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.3%	1.51
Art Unit	63	62.9%	1.70
Group	158	55.5%	1.75
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 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	3	2	66.7%
2017	55	36	65.5%
2018	70	52	74.3%
2019	58	51	87.9%
2020	58	52	89.7%
2021	62	55	88.7%
2022	59	46	78.0%
2023	50	44	88.0%
2024	57	52	91.2%
2025	44	18	40.9%
2026	12	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	512	0.0%	12.5%	69.7%	12.7%
2	175	0.0%	10.9%	80.6%	5.1%
3	58	0.0%	17.2%	69.0%	12.1%
4	17	0.0%	11.8%	70.6%	11.8%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	80.0%	20.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%