Examiner Forrest Michael

1738-FORREST-MICHAEL

Employment Information

Art Unit:1738 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Group:1730 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
Classes: 423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
502 — Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making
106 — Compositions: coating or plastic
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
252 — Compositions
516 — Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
257 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
127 — Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates
Phone:(571) 270-5833
Email:michael.forrest@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Chem
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

64
3-Year Grant rate: 68% over 290 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 64th

With Examiner Forrest, you have a 68% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Forrest is a harder examiner and in the 64th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Forrest, 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 Forrest's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1738 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Forrest 1.6
Art Unit 1738 1.8

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