Examiner Terry A Wallace

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2024 (16 months ago).

Examiner Terry A Wallace appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.0%, they average 1.07 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.07

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 17 years (2008-2024)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 328
Granted Applications: 318
Non-Granted Applications: 10
Avg OA / Grant: 1.07
Last OA Observed: November 2024 (16 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.0%	1.07
Art Unit	30	96.3%	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
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	15	13	86.7%
2009	15	15	100.0%
2010	15	14	93.3%
2011	12	12	100.0%
2012	13	13	100.0%
2013	17	16	94.1%
2014	9	9	100.0%
2015	17	17	100.0%
2016	15	15	100.0%
2017	29	28	96.6%
2018	21	21	100.0%
2019	12	12	100.0%
2020	17	17	100.0%
2021	23	23	100.0%
2022	29	27	93.1%
2023	32	31	96.9%
2024	37	35	94.6%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	328	0.0%	21.0%	4.9%	50.9%
2	23	0.0%	26.1%	13.0%	52.2%
3	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%