Examiner Jonathan G. Sterrett

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2021 (58 months ago).

Examiner Jonathan G. Sterrett appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 33.7%, they average 3.01 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.01

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 644
Granted Applications: 217
Non-Granted Applications: 427
Avg OA / Grant: 3.01
Last OA Observed: June 2021 (58 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3623
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	33.7%	3.01
Art Unit	43	27.8%	2.96
Group	362	27.1%	2.85
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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	65	18	27.7%
2009	76	16	21.1%
2010	72	32	44.4%
2011	44	22	50.0%
2012	36	19	52.8%
2013	27	11	40.7%
2014	43	1	2.3%
2015	42	3	7.1%
2016	45	7	15.6%
2017	41	8	19.5%
2018	44	17	38.6%
2019	43	23	53.5%
2020	49	29	59.2%
2021	17	11	64.7%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	641	0.6%	3.4%	89.9%	0.9%
2	440	3.2%	1.8%	89.5%	1.8%
3	260	8.1%	0.8%	86.2%	3.5%
4	192	11.5%	0.5%	83.9%	3.1%
5	108	17.6%	0.0%	77.8%	2.8%
6	81	24.7%	0.0%	66.7%	6.2%
7	36	27.8%	0.0%	63.9%	5.6%
8	25	36.0%	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%
9	14	28.6%	0.0%	64.3%	0.0%
10	8	37.5%	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

1.2%

2008

0.5%

2009

1.4%

2010

0.7%

2011

1.4%

2012

1.7%

2013

8.5%

2014

7.1%

2015

17.2%

2016

18.5%

2017

25.0%

2018

12.5%

2019

7.5%

2020

5.6%

2021

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