Examiner Ballard Kimberly

1675-BALLARD-KIMBERLY

Employment Information

Art Unit:1675 — 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
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

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

86
3-Year Grant rate: 42% over 302 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 86th

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).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

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.

Comparison with Art Unit 1675

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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