Examiner Howard Zachary C

1674-HOWARD-ZACHARY-C

Employment Information

Art Unit:1674 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Group:1670 — Virology, Viral Immunology, And Viral Pathogens, Neurology, Receptors, Cytokines & Recombinant Hormones and Immunoassays and related devices
Classes: 424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
514 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
530 — Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof
436 — Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Phone:(571) 272-2877
Email:zachary.howard@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Biolgy
Service:22 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

65
3-Year Grant rate: 67% over 402 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 65th

With Examiner Howard, you have a 67% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Howard is a harder examiner and in the 65th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Howard, 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 1674

Examiner Howard's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1674 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Howard 1.6
Art Unit 1674 1.3

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