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| Art Unit: | 1735 — Metal fusion bonding |
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| Group: | 1730 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| Classes: |
164 — Metal founding 429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 148 — Metal treatment 428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles 473 — Games using tangible projectile 249 — Static molds 106 — Compositions: coating or plastic 427 — Coating processes 219 — Electric heating 228 — Metal fusion bonding |
| Phone: | (571) 272-1178 |
| Email: | kevin.kerns@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Gen Chem |
| Service: | 26 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 84% over 485 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Easier |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 36th
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With Examiner Kerns, you have a 84% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kerns is an easier examiner and in the 36th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kerns, 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 Kerns's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1735 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
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| Examiner Kerns | 1.6 |
| Art Unit 1735 | 1.4 |
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