Examiner Gregory A Anderson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2020 (73 months ago).

Examiner Gregory A Anderson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 75.4%, they average 2.45 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.45

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 617
Granted Applications: 465
Non-Granted Applications: 152
Avg OA / Grant: 2.45
Last OA Observed: May 2020 (73 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3700 , 3731 , 3771 , 3773
Work Groups Seen: 3700 - 3700

3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	75.4%	2.45
Art Unit	18	60.9%	2.35
Group	269	49.9%	2.08
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	33	16	48.5%
2009	51	36	70.6%
2010	39	24	61.5%
2011	67	41	61.2%
2012	60	46	76.7%
2013	79	63	79.7%
2014	60	51	85.0%
2015	51	40	78.4%
2016	42	33	78.6%
2017	44	37	84.1%
2018	44	37	84.1%
2019	31	26	83.9%
2020	16	15	93.8%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	638	0.6%	13.2%	70.1%	0.3%
2	411	0.5%	10.0%	78.8%	1.7%
3	214	0.0%	7.0%	86.9%	2.3%
4	130	0.0%	5.4%	86.2%	1.5%
5	73	0.0%	5.5%	90.4%	2.7%
6	52	0.0%	1.9%	88.5%	1.9%
7	23	0.0%	0.0%	95.7%	0.0%
8	12	0.0%	8.3%	91.7%	0.0%
9	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.7%

2012

1.3%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

2.8%

2018

0.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

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