Examiner Dignan Michael L

1723-DIGNAN-MICHAEL-L

Employment Information

Art Unit:1723 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
Group:1720 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Electrophotography, Photolithography
Classes: 429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
180 — Motor vehicles
134 — Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
320 — Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Phone:(571) 272-6425
Email:michael.dignan@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

70
3-Year Grant rate: 62% over 314 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 70th

With Examiner Dignan, you have a 62% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Dignan is a harder examiner and in the 70th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Dignan, 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 1723

Examiner Dignan's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1723 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Dignan 1.9
Art Unit 1723 1.7

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