Examiner Matthew G. Mcvicker

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2018 (92 months ago).

Examiner Matthew G. Mcvicker appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 42.4%, they average 3.32 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.32

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2014-2018)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2140 - Artificial Intelligence

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 66
Granted Applications: 28
Non-Granted Applications: 38
Avg OA / Grant: 3.32
Last OA Observed: October 2018 (92 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2144
Work Groups Seen: 2140 - Artificial Intelligence

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	42.4%	3.32
Art Unit	22	48.3%	2.41
Group	158	37.3%	2.41
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	1	0	0.0%
2015	12	5	41.7%
2016	14	6	42.9%
2017	17	5	29.4%
2018	22	12	54.5%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	72	0.0%	2.8%	95.8%	0.0%
2	58	0.0%	5.2%	94.8%	0.0%
3	40	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	28	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	14	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%