Examiner Keith S Myers

Examiner Keith S Myers appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 29.0%, they average 2.65 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.65

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-5102
Predicted Supervisor: Jerry-Daryl Fletcher
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-5054
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 138
Granted Applications: 40
Non-Granted Applications: 98
Avg OA / Grant: 2.65
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3763
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	29.0%	2.65
Art Unit	98	55.4%	2.09
Group	377	50.6%	2.11
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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	8	1	12.5%
2023	33	13	39.4%
2024	34	17	50.0%
2025	48	9	18.8%
2026	15	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	134	0.0%	0.7%	90.3%	6.0%
2	95	0.0%	1.1%	85.3%	6.3%
3	52	0.0%	0.0%	92.3%	1.9%
4	28	0.0%	0.0%	92.9%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%