Examiner Alvin Grant

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2017 (111 months ago).

Examiner Alvin Grant appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 59.1%, they average 1.86 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 Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.86

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 677
Granted Applications: 400
Non-Granted Applications: 277
Avg OA / Grant: 1.86
Last OA Observed: March 2017 (111 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3723
Work Groups Seen: 3720 - Manufacturing Devices and Processes, Machine Tools and Hand Tools

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	59.1%	1.86
Art Unit	80	49.1%	1.69
Group	306	53.9%	1.76
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	65	12	18.5%
2009	75	14	18.7%
2010	44	9	20.5%
2011	70	36	51.4%
2012	103	80	77.7%
2013	80	59	73.8%
2014	81	62	76.5%
2015	76	64	84.2%
2016	71	54	76.1%
2017	12	10	83.3%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	678	0.0%	26.0%	56.5%	11.5%
2	344	0.0%	24.1%	62.2%	6.7%
3	148	0.0%	17.6%	69.6%	2.7%
4	59	0.0%	13.6%	71.2%	5.1%
5	21	0.0%	14.3%	71.4%	4.8%
6	7	0.0%	14.3%	71.4%	0.0%