Examiner Patrick E. Sweeney

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2009 (205 months ago).

Examiner Patrick E. Sweeney appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 53.8%, they average 1.57 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 1.57

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2008-2009)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2160 - Databases and File Management

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 13
Granted Applications: 7
Non-Granted Applications: 6
Avg OA / Grant: 1.57
Last OA Observed: March 2009 (205 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2162
Work Groups Seen: 2160 - Databases and File Management

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	53.8%	1.57
Art Unit	20	70.4%	2.07
Group	193	61.2%	2.52
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	12	6	50.0%
2009	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2009; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	13	7.7%	0.0%	92.3%	0.0%
2	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
3	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

5.3%

2008

0.0%

2009

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