Examiner Michael J. Burrage

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2014 (145 months ago).

Examiner Michael J. Burrage appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 20.5%, they average 1.50 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.50

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2012-2014)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 39
Granted Applications: 8
Non-Granted Applications: 31
Avg OA / Grant: 1.50
Last OA Observed: April 2014 (145 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3735
Work Groups Seen: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	20.5%	1.50
Art Unit	43	44.7%	2.08
Group	288	51.1%	2.22
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	9	1	11.1%
2013	23	6	26.1%
2014	7	1	14.3%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	39	5.1%	5.1%	66.7%	2.6%
2	19	0.0%	0.0%	73.7%	0.0%
3	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

6.7%

2012

2.7%

2013

0.0%

2014

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