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| Art Unit: | 1675 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions |
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| 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 506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus 703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 604 — Surgery |
| Phone: | (571) 272-2150 |
| Email: | kimberly.ballard@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Biolgy |
| Service: | 17 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 42% over 302 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Very Hard |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 86th
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With Examiner Ballard, you have a 42% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ballard is a very hard examiner and in the 86th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ballard, 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.
Examiner Ballard's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1675 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Ballard | 1.7 |
| Art Unit 1675 | 1.6 |
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