| Examiner | Number of Cases | 3YGR |
|---|---|---|
| Examiner Armstrong | 50 | 0% |
| Examiner Evans | 0 | 0% |
| Examiner Haghighatian | 384 | 48% |
| Examiner Hirt | 330 | 31% |
| Examiner Liu (SPE) | 45 | 2% |
| Examiner Macmillan | 0 | 0% |
| Examiner Runyan | 556 | 85% |
| Examiner Saeed | 138 | 17% |
| Examiner Schlientz | 294 | 46% |
| Examiner Wistner | 8 | 12% |
| Examiner Zhang | 11 | 0% |
| Art Unit 1616 | 1816 | 50% |
| Number | Class Description |
|---|---|
| 424 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
| 504 | Plant protecting and regulating compositions |
| 166 | Wells |
| 514 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
| 507 | Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry |
| 128 | Surgery |
| 604 | Surgery |
| 423 | Chemistry of inorganic compounds |
| 521 | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series |
| 623 | Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor |
Art Unit 1616's grant rate is lower than that of Group 1610 and lower than that of the USPTO.
Below is the grant rate timeline for Art Unit 1616, 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.
Disclaimer: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy of the statistics presented above and under
no circumstances will we be liable for any outcome resulting from your reliance on the above statistics.