Examiner Evens J. Augustin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2014 (144 months ago).

Examiner Evens J. Augustin appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 62.6%, they average 2.74 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.74

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2008-2014)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 273
Granted Applications: 171
Non-Granted Applications: 102
Avg OA / Grant: 2.74
Last OA Observed: June 2014 (144 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3621 , 3685
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

3680 - Business Methods: Electronic Shopping and Health Care

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	62.6%	2.74
Art Unit	24	23.8%	3.54
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	33	14	42.4%
2009	50	27	54.0%
2010	55	42	76.4%
2011	38	25	65.8%
2012	37	26	70.3%
2013	48	30	62.5%
2014	12	7	58.3%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	273	1.8%	26.4%	66.7%	2.2%
2	198	2.5%	18.7%	70.2%	1.0%
3	101	3.0%	13.9%	74.3%	3.0%
4	58	5.2%	3.4%	84.5%	1.7%
5	30	3.3%	6.7%	83.3%	3.3%
6	11	0.0%	18.2%	63.6%	0.0%
7	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.7%

2008

0.0%

2009

2.3%

2010

2.4%

2011

3.1%

2012

9.1%

2013

8.3%

2014

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