Examiner Peter J. Alley

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2016 (119 months ago).

Examiner Peter J. Alley appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 31.3%, they average 2.52 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.52

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 80
Granted Applications: 25
Non-Granted Applications: 55
Avg OA / Grant: 2.52
Last OA Observed: June 2016 (119 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3715
Work Groups Seen: 3710 - Amusement and Education Devices

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	31.3%	2.52
Art Unit	73	35.3%	2.27
Group	168	40.8%	2.15
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	6	0	0.0%
2013	27	12	44.4%
2014	11	4	36.4%
2015	11	6	54.5%
2016	25	3	12.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	80	0.0%	6.3%	90.0%	0.0%
2	41	2.4%	12.2%	73.2%	12.2%
3	26	3.8%	11.5%	73.1%	11.5%
4	14	14.3%	0.0%	64.3%	14.3%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	80.0%	20.0%
6	2	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%
7	2	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2012

1.4%

2013

6.9%

2014

18.8%

2015

3.8%

2016

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