Examiner Brian M. Healy

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2012 (159 months ago).

Examiner Brian M. Healy appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.7%, they average 1.13 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.13

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2008-2012)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2880 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 386
Granted Applications: 350
Non-Granted Applications: 36
Avg OA / Grant: 1.13
Last OA Observed: December 2012 (159 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2883
Work Groups Seen: 2880 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.7%	1.13
Art Unit	21	71.6%	1.76
Group	164	65.8%	1.71
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	72	64	88.9%
2009	71	62	87.3%
2010	88	79	89.8%
2011	92	87	94.6%
2012	63	58	92.1%
No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	386	1.6%	48.2%	43.5%	2.6%
2	40	2.5%	40.0%	32.5%	10.0%
3	9	0.0%	33.3%	44.4%	11.1%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

1.2%

2008

1.1%

2009

1.1%

2010

2.9%

2011

1.5%

2012

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