Examiner John Windmuller

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2020 (64 months ago).

Examiner John Windmuller appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.7%, they average 1.30 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 1.30

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 491
Granted Applications: 475
Non-Granted Applications: 16
Avg OA / Grant: 1.30
Last OA Observed: November 2020 (64 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2914
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.7%	1.30
Art Unit	29	95.5%	1.22
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	27	26	96.3%
2009	22	22	100.0%
2010	62	57	91.9%
2011	86	83	96.5%
2012	96	95	99.0%
2013	49	48	98.0%
2014	29	28	96.6%
2015	23	22	95.7%
2016	30	29	96.7%
2017	23	23	100.0%
2018	8	7	87.5%
2019	11	11	100.0%
2020	25	24	96.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	491	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	91.4%
2	135	0.0%	2.2%	0.7%	95.6%
3	15	0.0%	13.3%	0.0%	73.3%
4	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%