Examiner Lavone D. Tabor

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2015 (125 months ago).

Examiner Lavone D. Tabor appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.9%, they average 1.42 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.42

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2007-2015)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 295
Granted Applications: 286
Non-Granted Applications: 9
Avg OA / Grant: 1.42
Last OA Observed: October 2015 (125 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2911
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.9%	1.42
Art Unit	28	96.2%	1.23
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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
2007	11	11	100.0%
2008	43	43	100.0%
2009	31	31	100.0%
2010	37	36	97.3%
2011	36	35	97.2%
2012	26	24	92.3%
2013	53	48	90.6%
2014	43	43	100.0%
2015	15	15	100.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	295	0.0%	2.7%	7.8%	75.9%
2	101	0.0%	0.0%	7.9%	80.2%
3	17	0.0%	0.0%	11.8%	70.6%
4	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%