Examiner Mercier Melissa S

1615-MERCIER-MELISSA-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:1615 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Group:1610 — Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Compositions; Plant Growth Regulating Compositions: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs; In vivo Diagnostic Agents
Classes: 424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
514 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
604 — Surgery
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
128 — Surgery
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
206 — Special receptacle or package
600 — Surgery
455 — Telecommunications
607 — Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Phone:(571) 272-9039
Email:melissa.mercier@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Chem
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

43
3-Year Grant rate: 81% over 517 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 43rd

With Examiner Mercier, you have a 81% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Mercier is a medium examiner and in the 43rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Mercier, 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 1615

Examiner Mercier's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1615 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Mercier 1.7
Art Unit 1615 1.8

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