Examiner Wayne W. Smith

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2016 (116 months ago).

Examiner Wayne W. Smith 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.

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: 1 years (2016-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1
Granted Applications: 0
Non-Granted Applications: 1
Avg OA / Grant: N/A
Last OA Observed: July 2016 (116 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2875
Work Groups Seen: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	0.0%	N/A
Art Unit	63	60.6%	1.81
Group	346	63.2%	1.71
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2016; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2016	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2016; 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	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
2	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%