Examiner Cameron A. Carter

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2020 (72 months ago).

Examiner Cameron A. Carter appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 38.6%, they average 3.10 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 3.10

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2012-2020)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 272
Granted Applications: 105
Non-Granted Applications: 167
Avg OA / Grant: 3.10
Last OA Observed: April 2020 (72 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3732 , 3765
Work Groups Seen: 3730 - Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Apparel, and Tool Driving

3760 - Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	38.6%	3.10
Art Unit	31	47.9%	1.96
Group	377	50.6%	2.11
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	1	0	0.0%
2013	25	6	24.0%
2014	31	11	35.5%
2015	44	18	40.9%
2016	46	18	39.1%
2017	43	12	27.9%
2018	34	11	32.4%
2019	40	23	57.5%
2020	8	6	75.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	304	0.3%	13.2%	86.2%	0.0%
2	197	0.0%	10.7%	88.8%	0.0%
3	115	0.0%	4.3%	95.7%	0.0%
4	71	0.0%	2.8%	97.2%	0.0%
5	33	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	17	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.8%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.0%

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.