Examiner Sheryl Lane

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2024 (23 months ago).

Examiner Sheryl Lane appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.5%, they average 1.24 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 1.24

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2010-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 362
Granted Applications: 353
Non-Granted Applications: 9
Avg OA / Grant: 1.24
Last OA Observed: April 2024 (23 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.5%	1.24
Art Unit	29	95.1%	1.24
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	11	10	90.9%
2011	50	48	96.0%
2012	84	82	97.6%
2013	48	48	100.0%
2014	53	53	100.0%
2015	19	17	89.5%
2016	17	17	100.0%
2017	23	23	100.0%
2018	29	28	96.6%
2019	17	16	94.1%
2020	7	7	100.0%
No observed data for 2021-2022.
2023	2	2	100.0%
2024	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	366	0.0%	1.6%	0.8%	90.2%
2	75	0.0%	2.7%	1.3%	90.7%
3	11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	72.7%
4	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%