Examiner Brett Miller

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2025 (12 months ago).

Examiner Brett Miller appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.7%, they average 1.31 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.31

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2013-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 833
Granted Applications: 814
Non-Granted Applications: 19
Avg OA / Grant: 1.31
Last OA Observed: March 2025 (12 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2918
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.7%	1.31
Art Unit	23	96.0%	1.24
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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	9	9	100.0%
2014	68	67	98.5%
2015	70	66	94.3%
2016	80	75	93.8%
2017	102	101	99.0%
2018	135	134	99.3%
2019	149	147	98.7%
2020	71	70	98.6%
2021	55	55	100.0%
2022	36	35	97.2%
2023	28	26	92.9%
2024	28	27	96.4%
2025	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	831	0.0%	4.0%	2.3%	90.1%
2	218	0.0%	2.8%	3.2%	90.4%
3	36	0.0%	2.8%	8.3%	83.3%
4	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%