Examiner Gerard Lacourciere

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2014 (136 months ago).

Examiner Gerard Lacourciere appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 65.2%, they average 1.49 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 1.49

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2012-2014)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 69
Granted Applications: 45
Non-Granted Applications: 24
Avg OA / Grant: 1.49
Last OA Observed: November 2014 (136 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1656
Work Groups Seen: 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	65.2%	1.49
Art Unit	27	48.1%	1.73
Group	207	41.1%	2.01
Tech Center	1,349	39.5%	2.02
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	1	1	100.0%
2013	36	22	61.1%
2014	32	22	68.8%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	69	1.4%	13.0%	78.3%	4.3%
2	34	0.0%	8.8%	88.2%	2.9%
3	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

2.4%

2014

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