Examiner Daniel Wagnitz

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2016 (121 months ago).

Examiner Daniel Wagnitz appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 41.7%, they average 2.21 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.21

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 103
Granted Applications: 43
Non-Granted Applications: 60
Avg OA / Grant: 2.21
Last OA Observed: February 2016 (121 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3748
Work Groups Seen: 3740 - Thermal and Combustion Technology, Motive and Fluid Power Systems

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	41.7%	2.21
Art Unit	45	70.3%	1.72
Group	447	58.2%	1.86
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
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	1	0	0.0%
2013	27	12	44.4%
2014	46	19	41.3%
2015	28	11	39.3%
2016	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	103	0.0%	19.4%	74.8%	2.9%
2	63	1.6%	20.6%	69.8%	6.3%
3	24	0.0%	16.7%	70.8%	12.5%
4	12	0.0%	33.3%	50.0%	8.3%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2012

0.0%

2013

1.2%

2014

0.0%

2015

0.0%

2016

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.