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Examiner Pollock Austin M

1738-POLLOCK-AUSTIN-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:1738 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Group:1730 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
Classes: 419 — Powder metallurgy processes
148 — Metal treatment
420 — Alloys or metallic compositions
252 — Compositions
228 — Metal fusion bonding
335 — Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets
164 — Metal founding
336 — Inductor devices
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
451 — Abrading
Phone:(571) 272-5602
Email:austin.pollock@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:7 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

87
3-Year Grant rate: 39% over 160 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 87th

With Examiner Pollock, you have a 39% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Pollock is a very hard examiner and in the 87th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Pollock, 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 1738

Examiner Pollock's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1738 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Pollock 2.7
Art Unit 1738 1.8

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Pollock has granted 37 of 110 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 34%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Pollock has granted 25 of 50 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 50%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Pollock, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 47%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18584448 Silver Sintering Preparation And The Use Thereof For The Connecting Of Electronic Components Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18022655 Hydrogen Storage Material, Hydrogen Storage Container, And Hydrogen Supply Apparatus Patented View
17787506 Precious Metal Recovery From Carbon Fines Abandoned View
18170880 Injection Molding Powder, Injection Molding Powder Production Method, And Metal Sintered Compact Production Method Patented View
18054434 Li-Ion Battery Recycling Process And System For Black Mass Fractionation And Recovery Of Specific Materials Abandoned View
17902234 Three Dimensional Chiral Nanostructures Abandoned View
18316521 Methods For Passivating Metal Powder Condensate From Additive Manufacturing Processes Abandoned View
18163859 Rare Earth Aluminum Alloy Powder Applicable For Additive Manufacturing And Preparation Method Thereof Patented View
17785301 Hot Rolled Steel Sheet Patented View
16450529 Alloy Powder Composition, Molding And The Manufacturing Method Thereof, And Inductors Patented View
17417743 Determining A Volume Of Binder To Be Applied To A Voxel Location Abandoned View
17432787 Ni-Based Alloy Member Including Additively Manufactured Body, Method For Manufacturing Ni-Based Alloy Member, And Manufactured Product Using Ni-Based Alloy Member Patented View
19192080 Anisotropic Nanocrystalline Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Patented View
18128273 Dust Core And Magnetic Component Patented View
17363826 Corrosion And Wear Resistant Overlay, Method For Forming Corrosion And Wear Resistant Overlay, And Corrosion And Wear Resistant Valve Patented View
17912305 Methods Of Producing A Titanium Alloy Product Abandoned View
18943572 Coarse Grain Cemented Carbide And Preparation Method Thereof Patented View
18011972 Antimicrobial Moisture Avoidance Powers And Substances Abandoned View
17258944 Process For Producing A Material Composite, Material Composite And Use Of The Material Composite As A Heat Conductor And Heat Exchanger Abandoned View
16988943 Laser Assisted, Selective Chemical Functionalization Of Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion Fabricated Metals And Alloys To Produce Complex Structure Metal Matrix Composites Abandoned View
16956927 Composite Material Based On A Quasi-Crystal Of The Al-Cu-Fe System And Method Of Its Production Abandoned View
17739290 Method For Marking A Component Abandoned View
17789074 Metal Composite Material And Method For Producing Metal Composite Material Abandoned View
17954776 Aluminum Base Composite Material, Method Of Manufacturing The Same, And Electrical Connection Member Abandoned View
17032689 Aluminum Based Metal Powders And Methods Of Their Production Abandoned View
18664969 Pre-Sintered Preform Braze Reinforcement Of Pressure Vessels Patented View
17413752 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet And Method For Producing Same Patented View
17293360 Nonmagnetic Austenitic Stainless Steel And Manufacturing Method Therefor Abandoned View
17773621 Coated Body Patented View
17805551 Tungsten Tetraboride Tooling Abandoned View
17292816 Techniques For Controlling Build Material Flow Characteristics In Additive Manufacturing And Related Systems And Methods Abandoned View
16276114 Heat Treatment Of Aluminum Alloys Containing Silicon And Scandium Patented View
18010566 Method For Producing A Green Body And Method For Further Processing The Green Body To Form A Machining Segment Abandoned View
16359202 Al- & Mg-Compatible Blasting Material For Blast Cleaning Thereof Based On Alsc Powder Abandoned View
19008716 Spherical Medical Tantalum Alloy Powder, Preparation Method Therefor And Use Thereof Patented View
17786428 Method For Making Tungsten-Refractory Metal Alloy Powder And Tungsten-Refractory Metal Alloy Powders Made By The Method Abandoned View
17786511 Wire Rod For High-Strength Steel Fiber, High-Strength Steel Fiber, And Method For Manufacturing Same Patented View
18010516 Method For Producing A Green Body And Method For Further Processing The Green Body To Form A Machining Segment Abandoned View
17733191 Anisotropic Rare Earth Sintered Magnet And Method For Producing The Same Patented View
18437721 Solid Phase Methods For Producing Enhanced Metal Matrix Composites Abandoned View
17413068 Process For The Selective Recovery Of Transition Metals From Organic Residues Patented View
17283758 Fine Metal Particle Dispersion Production Method Patented View
18219927 Bonding Material, Method For Producing Bonding Material, And Bonded Body Abandoned View
18468587 Nano Silver Paste And Preparation Method Thereof Abandoned View
18782577 Tuning The Magnetic Behavior Of Soft Magnetic Nanowires Patented View
18721567 Anisotropic Nanocrystalline Rare Earth Permanent Magnet And Preparation Method Thereof Patented View
16212479 Printable Aluminum Alloys With Good Anodized Cosmetic Surfaces Abandoned View
17986179 Rare Earth Magnet And Production Method Thereof Patented View
17418674 Method For Recovering Valuable Metal Patented View
17790109 Method For Manufacturing A Multilayer Aluminium Alloy Strip Or Sheet For Making Brazed Heat Exchangers Abandoned View

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