Examiner Swier Wayne K

1748-SWIER-WAYNE-K

Employment Information

Art Unit:1748 — Paper making and fiber liberation
Group:1740 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
Classes: 264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
425 — Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
438 — Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
134 — Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
416 — Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Phone:(571) 272-4598
Email:wayne.swier@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:8 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

77
3-Year Grant rate: 54% over 231 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 77th

With Examiner Swier, you have a 54% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Swier is a harder examiner and in the 77th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Swier, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 1748

Examiner Swier's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1748 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Swier 1.9
Art Unit 1748 1.8

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