Examiner Matthew J. Anderson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2014 (138 months ago).

Examiner Matthew J. Anderson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 56.0%, they average 2.10 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.10

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2012-2014)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2480 - Recording and Compression

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 75
Granted Applications: 42
Non-Granted Applications: 33
Avg OA / Grant: 2.10
Last OA Observed: October 2014 (138 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2488
Work Groups Seen: 2480 - Recording and Compression

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	56.0%	2.10
Art Unit	19	73.4%	1.75
Group	169	62.9%	2.01
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	14	3	21.4%
2013	32	24	75.0%
2014	29	15	51.7%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	75	2.7%	17.3%	74.7%	2.7%
2	46	4.3%	10.9%	73.9%	0.0%
3	21	0.0%	4.8%	85.7%	0.0%
4	7	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

5.3%

2012

2.5%

2013

0.0%

2014

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