Examiner C. Aaron Mcintyre

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2017 (102 months ago).

Examiner C. Aaron Mcintyre appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 20.9%, they average 2.52 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.52

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3680 - Business Methods: Electronic Shopping and Health Care

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 158
Granted Applications: 33
Non-Granted Applications: 125
Avg OA / Grant: 2.52
Last OA Observed: December 2017 (102 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	20.9%	2.52
Art Unit	59	34.4%	3.05
Group	288	29.2%	2.79
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	14	1	7.1%
2009	19	8	42.1%
2010	15	10	66.7%
2011	13	4	30.8%
2012	16	1	6.3%
2013	18	2	11.1%
2014	19	2	10.5%
2015	18	3	16.7%
2016	11	1	9.1%
2017	15	1	6.7%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	194	0.0%	14.9%	70.6%	13.4%
2	149	1.3%	8.1%	21.5%	69.1%
3	104	0.0%	2.9%	87.5%	8.7%
4	72	0.0%	2.8%	43.1%	54.2%
5	34	0.0%	0.0%	85.3%	14.7%
6	15	0.0%	0.0%	53.3%	46.7%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

1.9%

2008

1.5%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

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