Examiner Matthew J O'Neill

Examiner Matthew J O'Neill appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 64.5%, they average 1.78 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.78

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-4752
Predicted Supervisor: Jason Shanske
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-5985
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 183
Granted Applications: 118
Non-Granted Applications: 65
Avg OA / Grant: 1.78
Last OA Observed: June 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3614
Work Groups Seen: 3610 - Surface Transportation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	64.5%	1.78
Art Unit	6	59.1%	1.46
Group	159	60.2%	1.45
Tech Center	2,366	46.9%	2.11
USPTO	16,348	53.5%	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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	21	16	76.2%
2023	52	35	67.3%
2024	55	49	89.1%
2025	37	18	48.6%
2026	18	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	183	0.0%	7.7%	85.8%	3.8%
2	89	0.0%	4.5%	94.4%	1.1%
3	30	0.0%	0.0%	93.3%	6.7%
4	8	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	12.5%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%