Examiner Brian Young

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2021 (61 months ago).

Examiner Brian Young appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.1%, they average 1.09 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §102.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.09

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 900
Granted Applications: 865
Non-Granted Applications: 35
Avg OA / Grant: 1.09
Last OA Observed: March 2021 (61 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2819 , 2845
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

2840 - Electrical Circuits and Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.1%	1.09
Art Unit	50	67.7%	1.67
Group	230	70.5%	1.61
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	74	72	97.3%
2009	77	73	94.8%
2010	73	67	91.8%
2011	77	70	90.9%
2012	83	79	95.2%
2013	78	74	94.9%
2014	84	80	95.2%
2015	66	64	97.0%
2016	72	71	98.6%
2017	66	66	100.0%
2018	56	56	100.0%
2019	53	52	98.1%
2020	37	37	100.0%
2021	4	4	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	900	2.2%	60.9%	28.0%	0.1%
2	61	1.6%	57.4%	21.3%	0.0%
3	10	0.0%	70.0%	10.0%	0.0%
4	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

3.4%

2009

1.2%

2010

0.0%

2011

5.9%

2012

2.3%

2013

1.1%

2014

4.0%

2015

1.3%

2016

1.4%

2017

0.0%

2018

3.6%

2019

5.3%

2020

0.0%

2021

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