Examiner Dana Weiland

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2023 (27 months ago).

Examiner Dana Weiland appears to be more difficult than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.8%, they average 1.34 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.34

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2014-2023)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 403
Granted Applications: 366
Non-Granted Applications: 37
Avg OA / Grant: 1.34
Last OA Observed: December 2023 (27 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2919 , 2925
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

2910 - Design Workgroups 2910

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.8%	1.34
Art Unit	24	94.1%	1.25
Group	24	94.1%	1.25
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 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	7	6	85.7%
2015	83	81	97.6%
2016	58	51	87.9%
2017	43	38	88.4%
2018	76	65	85.5%
2019	87	80	92.0%
2020	43	39	90.7%
2021	4	4	100.0%
2022	1	1	100.0%
2023	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	402	0.0%	9.2%	15.4%	56.0%
2	102	0.0%	7.8%	27.5%	48.0%
3	20	0.0%	5.0%	60.0%	35.0%
4	8	0.0%	12.5%	62.5%	25.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%