Examiner Michael A. Lyons

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2015 (134 months ago).

Examiner Michael A. Lyons appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant N/A

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 6
Granted Applications: 0
Non-Granted Applications: 6
Avg OA / Grant: N/A
Last OA Observed: February 2015 (134 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3621 , 3992
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	0.0%	N/A
Art Unit	24	23.8%	3.54
Group	362	27.1%	2.85
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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	1	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2009-2010.
2011	3	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2012-2013.
2014	1	0	0.0%
2015	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	6	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%
2	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
3	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
4	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%