Examiner Vy Koenig

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

Examiner Vy Koenig 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 1.17 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 1.17

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2012-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 504
Granted Applications: 489
Non-Granted Applications: 15
Avg OA / Grant: 1.17
Last OA Observed: May 2025 (11 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2918 , 2938
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.0%	1.17
Art Unit	23	96.0%	1.24
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	14	14	100.0%
2013	47	47	100.0%
2014	45	44	97.8%
2015	46	45	97.8%
2016	50	47	94.0%
2017	22	22	100.0%
2018	82	76	92.7%
2019	87	84	96.6%
2020	65	65	100.0%
2021	29	29	100.0%
2022	14	14	100.0%
2023	1	1	100.0%
2024	1	0	0.0%
2025	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	505	0.0%	5.9%	2.6%	78.6%
2	76	0.0%	9.2%	2.6%	78.9%
3	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%
4	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%