Examiner Brian Berman
Examiner Brian Berman appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 3 years (2007-2009)
- Tech Center
- 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
- Group
- 3680 - Business Methods: Electronic Shopping and Health Care
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 20
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 20
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- March 2009 (207 months ago)
- Art Units Seen
- 3688
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 25 | 28.9% | 2.66 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| No observed data after 2009; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 90.0% | 0.0% |
| 2 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |