Examiner Mellott James M

1759-MELLOTT-JAMES-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:1759 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
Group:1700 Search — Search and Classification
Classes: 427 — Coating processes
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
118 — Coating apparatus
128 — Surgery
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
430 — Radiation imagery chemistry: process, composition, or product thereof
Phone:(571) 270-3593
Email:james.mellott@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr
Service:15 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

78
3-Year Grant rate: 53% over 206 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 78th

With Examiner Mellott, you have a 53% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Mellott is a harder examiner and in the 78th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Mellott, 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 1759

Examiner Mellott's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1759 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Mellott 2.2
Art Unit 1759 1.4

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Mellott has granted 74 of 144 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 51%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Mellott has granted 36 of 62 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 58%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Mellott, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 14%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18227058 Methods For Controlling Pulse Shape In Ald Processes Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18513469 Method For Directly Applying Surface Texture For Improved Aerodynamics Using Inkjet Printers Abandoned View
18711588 Substrate Processing Method Patented View
18101995 External Substrate System Rotation In A Semiconductor Processing System Patented View
18022853 Retroreflective Surface Using 3d Printing Abandoned View
17345079 Method For Producing A Decorative Part And Decorative Part Producible By This Method Patented View
15853740 System And Method For Acrylic Coating Abandoned View
18162454 Vapor Deposition Processes And A Deposition Assembly Patented View
16685475 Intumescent Directed Energy Protection Abandoned View
19004922 Imprinting Method, Pre-Processing Apparatus, Substrate For Imprinting, And Method For Manufacturing Substrate Patented View
17655698 Cnt Film Coated Substrate Using Click Reaction And Manufacturing Method Thereof Patented View
18611239 Material Supply Pump For Spacer Of Insulating Glass Abandoned View
18098856 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method Patented View
18113113 Method For Selective Separation And Transfer Of Two-Dimensional Material And Method Of Fabricating Device Using The Same Patented View
17576799 Process For Partial Delignification And Filling Of A Lignocellulosic Material, And Composite Material Structure Able To Be Obtained By This Process Abandoned View
17589343 Additively Manufactured Heaters For Air Data Probes Patented View
17044542 Method For Marking Glass Panels, Preferably Single-Pane Safety Glass Panels Patented View
18782808 Foam Earplug With Transdermal Material Patented View
17791267 Nanowire-Equipped Film And Nanowire Manufacturing Method Abandoned View
17759138 Method For Printing On A Workpiece And Printing Device Abandoned View
18515631 Locally Modified Waveguide Total Thickness Variation Abandoned View
17382013 Method For Manufacturing An Environment-Friendly Heat Shielding Film Using A Non-Radioactive Stable Isotope Abandoned View
18094746 Nanostructure Coating Materials And Methods Of Use Thereof Patented View
17765034 Method For Manufacturing Object To Be Printed And Object To Be Printed Patented View
15623926 System And Method Of Applying A Coating To A Vehicle Patented View
18677972 Methods For Controlling The Pitch Of Self-Assembled Ionic Liquid Crystal (Ilc) Structures Patented View
16964520 Methods For Manufacturing Of Heterogeneous Rigid Rod Networks Abandoned View
17686342 Water-Based Anti-Pilling Fabric Treatment Compositions Patented View
17779938 Method For The Continuous Production Of A Mixture With A Pre-Defined Ratio Of Fully Colored And Non-Colored Fertilizer Particles And System And Use Thereof Patented View
17480116 Foam Earplug With Transdermal Material Patented View
18898266 Foam Earplug With Transdermal Material Patented View
18409937 Process For Manufacture Of Non-Stick Pans And Non-Stick Pan Patented View
17945380 Carbon Nanotube Composite Hydrogen Evolution Catalytic Film And Method For Making The Same Patented View
17118493 Method For Manufacturing An Optical Element Abandoned View
18429872 Method And Apparatus For Load-Locked Printing Patented View
18024751 Production Method For Modified Lignocellulose Materials Abandoned View
16197596 Digital Printing On A Textured Wood-Based Substrate Abandoned View
16513119 Semiconductor Manufacturing Apparatus And Method Thereof Patented View
18202203 System For Detecting Thickness Of A Coating Autonomously Applied To A Structure Patented View
18383530 Oxidation Resistant Coating On Carbonaceous Surface Abandoned View
17054177 Metal Anticorrosive Coating, Preparation Method Therefor, And Use Therefor Abandoned View
17336261 Method And Apparatus For Treating Substrate Patented View
16916188 3d Printing Of Catalytic Formulation For Selective Metal Deposition Abandoned View
16984544 Imprinting Method, Pre-Processing Apparatus, Substrate For Imprinting, And Method For Manufacturing Substrate Patented View
18114690 Method And Apparatus For Multi-Spray Rrc Process With Dynamic Control Patented View
17623392 Coating Method And Coating Apparatus Patented View
17368380 Additive Manufacture Of Optical Components Patented View
18135921 Method For Manufacturing A Special Effect Pigment Using An Emulsion Patented View
17298639 Three-Dimensional Printing Abandoned View
17780614 Device Comprising Nanowires Abandoned View

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