Examiner Examiner, John Voytek

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2025 (14 months ago).

Examiner Examiner, John Voytek appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.2%, they average 1.29 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 1.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2015-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 863
Granted Applications: 839
Non-Granted Applications: 24
Avg OA / Grant: 1.29
Last OA Observed: February 2025 (14 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2916 , 2922
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.2%	1.29
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 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	7	7	100.0%
2016	85	85	100.0%
2017	86	83	96.5%
2018	107	103	96.3%
2019	89	86	96.6%
2020	161	157	97.5%
2021	112	110	98.2%
2022	96	95	99.0%
2023	77	73	94.8%
2024	40	37	92.5%
2025	3	3	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	860	0.0%	2.3%	1.4%	83.6%
2	232	0.0%	2.2%	2.6%	89.7%
3	22	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	95.5%
4	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%