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| Art Unit: | 1725 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process |
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| Group: | 1720 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| Classes: |
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 252 — Compositions 422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds 700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications 518 — Chemistry: fischer-tropsch processes; or purification or recovery of products thereof 110 — Furnaces 431 — Combustion |
| Phone: | (571) 272-9813 |
| Email: | matthew.merkling@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg |
| Service: | 19 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 83% over 557 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Easier |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 39th
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With Examiner Merkling, you have a 83% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Merkling is an easier examiner and in the 39th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Merkling, 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 Merkling's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1725 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
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| Examiner Merkling | 1.1 |
| Art Unit 1725 | 1.4 |
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