Examiner Gregory Johnson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2016 (121 months ago).

Examiner Gregory Johnson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 56.7%, they average 2.37 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.37

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 379
Granted Applications: 215
Non-Granted Applications: 164
Avg OA / Grant: 2.37
Last OA Observed: March 2016 (121 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3691 , 3692
Work Groups Seen: 3690 - Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance and Business Cryptography

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	56.7%	2.37
Art Unit	23	31.4%	2.88
Group	163	34.9%	2.69
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	43	9	20.9%
2009	54	24	44.4%
2010	38	25	65.8%
2011	57	46	80.7%
2012	70	57	81.4%
2013	29	23	79.3%
2014	50	26	52.0%
2015	31	5	16.1%
2016	7	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	379	7.1%	6.3%	76.8%	5.0%
2	230	8.7%	3.5%	82.6%	3.9%
3	144	10.4%	0.7%	86.1%	1.4%
4	87	16.1%	3.4%	77.0%	3.4%
5	46	6.5%	0.0%	82.6%	10.9%
6	23	17.4%	0.0%	82.6%	0.0%
7	10	10.0%	0.0%	60.0%	30.0%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
9	3	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%
10	3	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2007

1.0%

2008

1.2%

2009

1.7%

2010

2.5%

2011

5.7%

2012

15.3%

2013

28.7%

2014

69.6%

2015

57.1%

2016

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