Examiner Carla J Wright

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2025 (11 months ago).

Examiner Carla J Wright appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 98.7%, they average 1.32 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 1.32

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2008-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 465
Granted Applications: 459
Non-Granted Applications: 6
Avg OA / Grant: 1.32
Last OA Observed: May 2025 (11 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2916 , 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	98.7%	1.32
Art Unit	25	95.7%	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	4	4	100.0%
No observed data for 2009-2010.
2011	14	13	92.9%
2012	13	12	92.3%
2013	23	23	100.0%
2014	26	25	96.2%
2015	38	38	100.0%
2016	46	46	100.0%
2017	47	46	97.9%
2018	73	73	100.0%
2019	37	37	100.0%
2020	39	39	100.0%
2021	20	20	100.0%
2022	34	33	97.1%
2023	33	32	97.0%
2024	15	15	100.0%
2025	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	465	0.0%	3.4%	0.9%	61.5%
2	140	0.0%	7.1%	0.7%	69.3%
3	12	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	33.3%