Examiner Sean K. Hunter

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2020 (71 months ago).

Examiner Sean K. Hunter appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 16.9%, they average 3.15 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and meaningful §101 activity.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.15

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2009-2020)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 236
Granted Applications: 40
Non-Granted Applications: 196
Avg OA / Grant: 3.15
Last OA Observed: July 2020 (71 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3626 , 3715 , 3723
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	16.9%	3.15
Art Unit	62	22.5%	2.89
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	11	1	9.1%
2010	29	3	10.3%
2011	18	3	16.7%
2012	23	7	30.4%
2013	26	11	42.3%
2014	38	1	2.6%
2015	29	2	6.9%
2016	36	7	19.4%
2017	21	4	19.0%
2018	4	1	25.0%
No observed data for 2019.
2020	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	285	5.3%	4.9%	89.5%	0.0%
2	209	42.6%	1.0%	55.5%	0.5%
3	146	29.5%	0.0%	69.9%	0.7%
4	112	49.1%	0.0%	50.9%	0.0%
5	59	32.2%	0.0%	66.1%	1.7%
6	30	43.3%	0.0%	56.7%	0.0%
7	19	47.4%	0.0%	52.6%	0.0%
8	8	75.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%
9	4	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
10	1	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2009

9.6%

2010

20.5%

2011

7.2%

2012

3.0%

2013

37.4%

2014

52.8%

2015

39.5%

2016

56.3%

2017

68.2%

2018

0.0%

2020

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