Examiner L. G. Lauchman

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2016 (120 months ago).

Examiner L. G. Lauchman appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 40.5%, they average 1.07 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.07

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2010-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 37
Granted Applications: 15
Non-Granted Applications: 22
Avg OA / Grant: 1.07
Last OA Observed: May 2016 (120 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2865 , 2877
Work Groups Seen: 2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	40.5%	1.07
Art Unit	54	60.1%	1.47
Group	346	63.2%	1.71
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	1	0	0.0%
2011	4	2	50.0%
2012	9	9	100.0%
2013	10	4	40.0%
No observed data for 2014.
2015	6	0	0.0%
2016	7	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	37	10.8%	16.2%	59.5%	5.4%
2	12	41.7%	16.7%	33.3%	8.3%
3	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	4	25.0%	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

9.1%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

38.5%

2015

57.1%

2016

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