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| Art Unit: | 1738 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds |
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| Group: | 1730 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| Classes: |
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 436 — Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing 148 — Metal treatment 423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds 502 — Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making 420 — Alloys or metallic compositions 435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology 106 — Compositions: coating or plastic 506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus 419 — Powder metallurgy processes |
| Phone: | (571) 272-6297 |
| Email: | sally.merkling@uspto.gov |
| Title: | Supvy Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg |
| Service: | 18 years |
| Grade: | GS-15 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 66% over 155 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Harder |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 65th
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With Examiner Merkling (SPE), you have a 66% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Merkling (SPE) is a harder examiner and in the 65th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Merkling (SPE), 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 (SPE)'s grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1738 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Merkling (SPE) | 1.8 |
| Art Unit 1738 | 1.8 |
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