Examiner William V. Gilbert

Examiner William V. Gilbert appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 38.2%, they average 2.31 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 2.31

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 19 years (2008-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-9055
Predicted Supervisor: Eileen D. Lillis
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-6928
Tech Center: 3900 - Reexam and Abandonment
Group: 3990 - 3990

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 34
Granted Applications: 13
Non-Granted Applications: 21
Avg OA / Grant: 2.31
Last OA Observed: February 2026 (2 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3635 , 3993
Work Groups Seen: 3990 - 3990

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	38.2%	2.31
Art Unit	17	63.0%	2.26
Group	70	57.3%	2.28
Tech Center	67	56.8%	2.31
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	1	1	100.0%
2009	1	0	0.0%
2010	7	7	100.0%
2011	4	2	50.0%
No observed data for 2012-2013.
2014	5	0	0.0%
2015	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2016-2019.
2020	2	0	0.0%
2021	4	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2022.
2023	1	1	100.0%
2024	5	2	40.0%
No observed data for 2025.
2026	3	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	29	0.0%	17.2%	62.1%	6.9%
2	26	0.0%	23.1%	57.7%	7.7%
3	14	0.0%	7.1%	57.1%	14.3%
4	7	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	0.0%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%