Examiner Wendy L Boss

Examiner Wendy L Boss appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 51.1%, they average 2.36 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.36

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-7466
Predicted Supervisor: Katelyn Smith
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-5545
Tech Center: 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
Group: 1740 - Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper Making, Plastics Shaping and Molding

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 88
Granted Applications: 45
Non-Granted Applications: 43
Avg OA / Grant: 2.36
Last OA Observed: June 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1749
Work Groups Seen: 1740 - Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper Making, Plastics Shaping and Molding

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	51.1%	2.36
Art Unit	11	38.4%	2.04
Group	203	51.1%	2.05
Tech Center	1,762	45.4%	2.14
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	3	3	100.0%
2023	27	21	77.8%
2024	17	16	94.1%
2025	22	5	22.7%
2026	19	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	84	0.0%	9.5%	79.8%	3.6%
2	68	0.0%	8.8%	80.9%	7.4%
3	38	0.0%	7.9%	78.9%	7.9%
4	22	0.0%	0.0%	86.4%	13.6%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	16.7%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%