Examiner Michael Brown

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2016 (113 months ago).

Examiner Michael Brown appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 82.4%, they average 1.76 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.76

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 846
Granted Applications: 697
Non-Granted Applications: 149
Avg OA / Grant: 1.76
Last OA Observed: October 2016 (113 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3772
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	82.4%	1.76
Art Unit	49	36.5%	2.02
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	74	47	63.5%
2009	105	81	77.1%
2010	103	86	83.5%
2011	106	90	84.9%
2012	74	65	87.8%
2013	113	99	87.6%
2014	85	69	81.2%
2015	114	95	83.3%
2016	72	65	90.3%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	846	0.7%	13.4%	55.4%	8.0%
2	357	0.0%	13.4%	54.6%	6.4%
3	146	0.0%	10.3%	63.7%	4.8%
4	60	0.0%	11.7%	50.0%	11.7%
5	23	0.0%	13.0%	60.9%	4.3%
6	11	0.0%	18.2%	63.6%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.5%

2010

0.7%

2011

0.0%

2012

0.5%

2013

0.7%

2014

1.1%

2015

0.0%

2016

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