Examiner Andrew St.Clair

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2022 (43 months ago).

Examiner Andrew St.Clair appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 57.3%, they average 2.27 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.27

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2007-2022)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 389
Granted Applications: 223
Non-Granted Applications: 166
Avg OA / Grant: 2.27
Last OA Observed: August 2022 (43 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3743 , 3749 , 3753 , 3754 , 3799
Work Groups Seen: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

3790 - Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	57.3%	2.27
Art Unit	63	62.9%	1.70
Group	158	55.5%	1.75
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
2007	5	0	0.0%
2008	6	3	50.0%
No observed data for 2009-2013.
2014	18	3	16.7%
2015	42	28	66.7%
2016	48	22	45.8%
2017	43	24	55.8%
2018	37	18	48.6%
2019	49	28	57.1%
2020	50	33	66.0%
2021	51	35	68.6%
2022	40	29	72.5%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	406	1.7%	6.2%	81.3%	3.2%
2	244	0.4%	2.0%	86.9%	6.6%
3	112	0.0%	1.8%	86.6%	7.1%
4	66	0.0%	0.0%	80.3%	13.6%
5	32	0.0%	3.1%	90.6%	0.0%
6	24	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	8.3%
7	11	0.0%	0.0%	63.6%	36.4%
8	9	0.0%	0.0%	77.8%	22.2%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2007

0.0%

2008

4.7%

2014

0.9%

2015

1.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

0.9%

2018

0.8%

2019

0.0%

2020

0.9%

2021

1.4%

2022

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