Examiner Holly J Lane

Examiner Holly J Lane appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 58.4%, they average 2.28 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.28

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2021-2026)
Phone: (703) 756-4702
Predicted Supervisor: Eduardo Robert
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-4719
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 166
Granted Applications: 97
Non-Granted Applications: 69
Avg OA / Grant: 2.28
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3773
Work Groups Seen: 3770 - Medical and Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, and Supplies

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	58.4%	2.28
Art Unit	18	60.9%	2.35
Group	269	49.9%	2.08
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 2021; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2021	22	14	63.6%
2022	32	24	75.0%
2023	12	8	66.7%
2024	34	26	76.5%
2025	53	25	47.2%
2026	13	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	185	0.0%	36.8%	62.2%	0.5%
2	115	0.0%	24.3%	74.8%	0.9%
3	52	0.0%	13.5%	82.7%	1.9%
4	15	0.0%	20.0%	73.3%	6.7%
5	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%