Examiner Matthew Miller

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2016 (118 months ago).

Examiner Matthew Miller appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 51.7%, they average 2.71 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 Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.71

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2013-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 87
Granted Applications: 45
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 2.71
Last OA Observed: May 2016 (118 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2852
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	51.7%	2.71
Art Unit	59	81.6%	1.48
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	14	3	21.4%
2014	28	15	53.6%
2015	36	21	58.3%
2016	9	6	66.7%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	87	0.0%	12.6%	81.6%	3.4%
2	62	0.0%	11.3%	82.3%	4.8%
3	42	0.0%	14.3%	83.3%	2.4%
4	21	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%	0.0%
5	7	0.0%	14.3%	85.7%	0.0%
6	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%