Examiner Andrew R. Millikin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2022 (47 months ago).

Examiner Andrew R. Millikin appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 18.8%, they average 1.00 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103, with occasional §101 rejections and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2008-2022)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 16
Granted Applications: 3
Non-Granted Applications: 13
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: April 2022 (47 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2832 , 2837
Work Groups Seen: 2830 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	18.8%	1.00
Art Unit	63	71.7%	1.60
Group	356	68.0%	1.58
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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	1	1	100.0%
No observed data for 2009-2010.
2011	2	0	0.0%
2012	4	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2013-2019.
2020	7	1	14.3%
No observed data for 2021.
2022	2	1	50.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	17	0.0%	11.8%	58.8%	23.5%
2	4	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%
3	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

14.3%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2020

0.0%

2022

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