Examiner Brooke Matney

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2014 (146 months ago).

Examiner Brooke Matney appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 66.3%, they average 2.59 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 2.59

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2009-2014)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 187
Granted Applications: 124
Non-Granted Applications: 63
Avg OA / Grant: 2.59
Last OA Observed: May 2014 (146 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3763
Work Groups Seen: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	66.3%	2.59
Art Unit	98	54.8%	2.09
Group	380	49.8%	2.11
Tech Center	2,662	48.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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	19	11	57.9%
2010	36	28	77.8%
2011	27	18	66.7%
2012	52	34	65.4%
2013	48	30	62.5%
2014	5	3	60.0%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	187	0.0%	16.0%	79.7%	0.0%
2	136	0.0%	11.8%	83.8%	0.7%
3	82	0.0%	13.4%	79.3%	3.7%
4	42	0.0%	9.5%	83.3%	4.8%
5	10	0.0%	20.0%	80.0%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%