Examiner Thomas J. Brahan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2011 (181 months ago).

Examiner Thomas J. Brahan appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.8%, they average 1.75 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.75

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 4 years (2008-2011)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 185
Granted Applications: 118
Non-Granted Applications: 67
Avg OA / Grant: 1.75
Last OA Observed: March 2011 (181 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3654
Work Groups Seen: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.8%	1.75
Art Unit	34	55.2%	1.78
Group	239	60.7%	1.70
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	53	31	58.5%
2009	68	43	63.2%
2010	61	44	72.1%
2011	3	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	185	0.0%	15.7%	65.4%	14.1%
2	88	0.0%	8.0%	79.5%	9.1%
3	33	0.0%	6.1%	75.8%	12.1%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	12.5%
5	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%