Examiner Jeff A. Burke

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2020 (72 months ago).

Examiner Jeff A. Burke appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 67.1%, they average 2.74 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.74

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2150 - Databases and File Management

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 422
Granted Applications: 283
Non-Granted Applications: 139
Avg OA / Grant: 2.74
Last OA Observed: April 2020 (72 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2159 , 2169 , 3664
Work Groups Seen: 2150 - Databases and File Management

2160 - Databases and File Management

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	67.1%	2.74
Art Unit	18	63.0%	2.72
Group	120	60.4%	2.66
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	16	6	37.5%
2009	28	18	64.3%
2010	31	18	58.1%
2011	42	23	54.8%
2012	55	41	74.5%
2013	57	31	54.4%
2014	39	32	82.1%
2015	41	33	80.5%
2016	37	29	78.4%
2017	22	13	59.1%
2018	25	20	80.0%
2019	18	12	66.7%
2020	11	7	63.6%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	442	4.3%	11.8%	77.8%	2.7%
2	303	5.6%	7.6%	83.2%	1.0%
3	175	4.6%	3.4%	85.7%	1.7%
4	113	4.4%	4.4%	86.7%	1.8%
5	63	3.2%	0.0%	90.5%	4.8%
6	41	7.3%	2.4%	85.4%	0.0%
7	20	15.0%	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%
8	9	11.1%	0.0%	88.9%	0.0%
9	7	14.3%	14.3%	71.4%	0.0%
10	3	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2007

0.0%

2008

0.9%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.8%

2011

3.1%

2012

5.7%

2013

4.9%

2014

2.3%

2015

4.4%

2016

25.0%

2017

33.3%

2018

7.4%

2019

0.0%

2020

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