Examiner Sean P. Burke

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2017 (105 months ago).

Examiner Sean P. Burke appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.8%, they average 2.66 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.66

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2009-2017)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 301
Granted Applications: 192
Non-Granted Applications: 109
Avg OA / Grant: 2.66
Last OA Observed: June 2017 (105 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3646
Work Groups Seen: 3640 - Aeronautics, Agriculture, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, Licensing and Review

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.8%	2.66
Art Unit	28	60.6%	1.86
Group	269	56.4%	1.75
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	2	2	100.0%
2010	5	4	80.0%
2011	4	4	100.0%
2012	26	15	57.7%
2013	61	34	55.7%
2014	59	44	74.6%
2015	42	33	78.6%
2016	80	37	46.3%
2017	22	19	86.4%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	304	1.6%	8.6%	85.9%	3.3%
2	227	0.9%	4.4%	87.2%	5.3%
3	119	0.8%	3.4%	83.2%	9.2%
4	66	6.1%	1.5%	80.3%	12.1%
5	29	3.4%	6.9%	72.4%	13.8%
6	13	0.0%	7.7%	84.6%	7.7%
7	10	0.0%	0.0%	90.0%	10.0%
8	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

3.3%

2010

2.9%

2011

2.7%

2012

2.9%

2013

1.3%

2014

1.0%

2015

0.7%

2016

0.0%

2017

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