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Examiner Gina Mckie

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2023 (29 months ago).

Examiner Gina Mckie appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 80.9%, they average 2.24 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average
Difficulty vs Group About Average
Difficulty vs TC About Average
Difficulty vs USPTO About Average
Average OA / Grant 2.24
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
17 years (2007-2023)
Tech Center
2600 - Communications
Group
2630 - Digital and Optical Communications / Digital Cameras

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
529
Granted Applications
428
Non-Granted Applications
101
Avg OA / Grant
2.24
Last OA Observed
October 2023 (29 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2611 , 2631 , 2633
Work Groups Seen
2610 - Computer Graphic Processing and Hardware
2630 - Digital and Optical Communications / Digital Cameras

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 80.9% 2.24
Art Unit 17 80.1% 1.69
Group 98 73.7% 1.65
Tech Center 1,729 59.3% 1.88
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.
Year Applications Granted Grant Rate
2007 1 1 100.0%
2008 27 13 48.1%
2009 26 17 65.4%
2010 28 14 50.0%
2011 33 19 57.6%
2012 37 28 75.7%
2013 43 36 83.7%
2014 44 34 77.3%
2015 28 23 82.1%
2016 38 33 86.8%
2017 42 38 90.5%
2018 38 37 97.4%
2019 49 46 93.9%
2020 33 31 93.9%
2021 21 20 95.2%
2022 32 30 93.8%
2023 9 8 88.9%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 537 2.2% 0.6% 82.5% 9.1%
2 295 1.4% 0.3% 94.9% 1.7%
3 167 0.6% 0.0% 95.8% 3.0%
4 98 0.0% 0.0% 94.9% 4.1%
5 55 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
6 32 0.0% 0.0% 96.9% 3.1%
7 19 0.0% 5.3% 89.5% 5.3%
8 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
9 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
10 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
2019: PEG
0.0%
2007
0.0%
2008
0.0%
2009
0.0%
2010
0.0%
2011
0.9%
2012
1.0%
2013
0.0%
2014
2.4%
2015
3.6%
2016
7.2%
2017
5.9%
2018
1.4%
2019
0.0%
2020
0.0%
2021
0.0%
2022
0.0%
2023

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