Examiner A. M. Thompson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2016 (123 months ago).

Examiner A. M. Thompson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 71.8%, they average 1.96 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.96

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2011-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 227
Granted Applications: 163
Non-Granted Applications: 64
Avg OA / Grant: 1.96
Last OA Observed: February 2016 (123 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2825 , 2851
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	71.8%	1.96
Art Unit	26	76.5%	1.52
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	27	20	74.1%
2012	69	61	88.4%
2013	48	36	75.0%
2014	29	12	41.4%
2015	52	32	61.5%
2016	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	227	6.2%	50.7%	31.3%	7.5%
2	137	5.1%	35.0%	35.8%	21.9%
3	66	10.6%	33.3%	30.3%	22.7%
4	32	6.3%	34.4%	21.9%	34.4%
5	7	14.3%	42.9%	0.0%	42.9%
6	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2.1%

2011

6.7%

2012

9.7%

2013

3.4%

2014

11.9%

2015

0.0%

2016

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