Examiner Shiao Yih-Horng

1691-SHIAO-YIH-HORNG

Employment Information

Art Unit:1691 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Group:1690 — Organometallics & Industrial Chemistry and Carbohydrate Chemistry
Classes: 514 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
536 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus
604 — Surgery
502 — Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making
127 — Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates
504 — Plant protecting and regulating compositions
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Phone:(571) 272-7135
Email:yih-horng.shiao@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Biolgy
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

58
3-Year Grant rate: 72% over 467 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 58th

With Examiner Shiao, you have a 72% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shiao is a medium examiner and in the 58th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shiao, 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 1691

Examiner Shiao's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1691 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Shiao 1.5
Art Unit 1691 1.1

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