Examiner Aaron Strange

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2021 (60 months ago).

Examiner Aaron Strange appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 67.5%, they average 2.80 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 2.80

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2440 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 514
Granted Applications: 347
Non-Granted Applications: 167
Avg OA / Grant: 2.80
Last OA Observed: March 2021 (60 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2153 , 2419 , 2448 , 2453
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2440 - Computer Networks

2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	67.5%	2.80
Art Unit	20	60.6%	2.79
Group	207	56.7%	2.42
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	2.14
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	40	17	42.5%
2009	42	24	57.1%
2010	36	23	63.9%
2011	48	31	64.6%
2012	35	28	80.0%
2013	44	30	68.2%
2014	34	26	76.5%
2015	36	21	58.3%
2016	43	33	76.7%
2017	44	31	70.5%
2018	38	27	71.1%
2019	33	24	72.7%
2020	33	25	75.8%
2021	8	7	87.5%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	500	2.4%	8.6%	79.2%	4.4%
2	369	3.0%	3.5%	86.4%	3.8%
3	238	4.6%	2.9%	86.6%	5.0%
4	146	6.8%	0.7%	89.0%	3.4%
5	78	5.1%	1.3%	91.0%	2.6%
6	46	6.5%	0.0%	87.0%	4.3%
7	27	3.7%	0.0%	92.6%	3.7%
8	21	4.8%	0.0%	90.5%	4.8%
9	13	15.4%	0.0%	76.9%	7.7%
10	7	14.3%	0.0%	71.4%	14.3%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2.0%

2008

1.4%

2009

1.9%

2010

0.8%

2011

4.0%

2012

1.8%

2013

1.1%

2014

3.5%

2015

5.9%

2016

10.9%

2017

14.8%

2018

3.3%

2019

1.6%

2020

12.5%

2021

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