Examiner Janice Patyk

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (6 months ago).

Examiner Janice Patyk appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 98.6%, they average 1.26 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 1.26

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2013-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 1,049
Granted Applications: 1,034
Non-Granted Applications: 15
Avg OA / Grant: 1.26
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (6 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2912
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	98.6%	1.26
Art Unit	34	96.4%	1.20
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
No observed data before 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	3	3	100.0%
2014	64	64	100.0%
2015	91	90	98.9%
2016	99	94	94.9%
2017	137	136	99.3%
2018	143	140	97.9%
2019	106	105	99.1%
2020	113	112	99.1%
2021	87	87	100.0%
2022	35	35	100.0%
2023	102	101	99.0%
2024	56	55	98.2%
2025	13	12	92.3%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,034 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,050	0.0%	0.1%	0.8%	95.7%
2	267	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	90.3%
3	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%