Examiner Hoban Matthew E

1734-HOBAN-MATTHEW-E

Employment Information

Art Unit:1734 — Compositions
Group:1730 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
Classes: 252 — Compositions
501 — Compositions: ceramic
502 — Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
420 — Alloys or metallic compositions
257 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
106 — Compositions: coating or plastic
419 — Powder metallurgy processes
148 — Metal treatment
Phone:(571) 270-3585
Email:matthew.hoban@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

61
3-Year Grant rate: 70% over 274 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 61st

With Examiner Hoban, you have a 70% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hoban is a harder examiner and in the 61st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hoban, 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 1734

Examiner Hoban's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1734 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Hoban 1.6
Art Unit 1734 1.6

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