Examiner Brian T Mcmenemy

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2020 (74 months ago).

Examiner Brian T Mcmenemy appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 55.6%, they average 2.60 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 About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.60

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2016-2020)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2110 - Computer Error Control, Reliability, and Control Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 90
Granted Applications: 50
Non-Granted Applications: 40
Avg OA / Grant: 2.60
Last OA Observed: March 2020 (74 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2117 , 2125
Work Groups Seen: 2110 - Computer Error Control, Reliability, and Control Systems

2120 - Artificial Intelligence

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	55.6%	2.60
Art Unit	31	68.2%	1.86
Group	203	68.7%	1.68
Tech Center	1,706	55.9%	2.19
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	0	0.0%
2017	21	4	19.0%
2018	37	26	70.3%
2019	18	14	77.8%
2020	11	6	54.5%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	123	0.0%	0.8%	97.6%	0.0%
2	84	0.0%	0.0%	97.6%	2.4%
3	46	0.0%	0.0%	93.5%	4.3%
4	21	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	7	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	14.3%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%