Examiner Wan Laymon

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

Examiner Wan Laymon appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.5%, they average 1.22 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 About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.22

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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: 1,536
Granted Applications: 1,498
Non-Granted Applications: 38
Avg OA / Grant: 1.22
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	97.5%	1.22
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	84	83	98.8%
2009	84	84	100.0%
2010	98	95	96.9%
2011	99	95	96.0%
2012	124	122	98.4%
2013	108	104	96.3%
2014	90	86	95.6%
2015	66	64	97.0%
2016	90	88	97.8%
2017	88	82	93.2%
2018	102	101	99.0%
2019	71	70	98.6%
2020	87	86	98.9%
2021	77	76	98.7%
2022	103	100	97.1%
2023	104	103	99.0%
2024	61	59	96.7%
No observed data after 2024; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,498 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,535	0.0%	1.8%	1.7%	87.6%
2	307	0.0%	2.0%	2.0%	81.4%
3	32	0.0%	3.1%	0.0%	68.8%
4	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	50.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%