Examiner O'Keefe Sean P

1738-OKEEFE-SEAN-P

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
266 — Metallurgical apparatus
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
336 — Inductor devices
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
228 — Metal fusion bonding
252 — Compositions
118 — Coating apparatus
Phone:(571) 272-7647
Email:sean.okeefe@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:7 years
Grade:GS-11

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

74
3-Year Grant rate: 57% over 192 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 74th

With Examiner O'Keefe, you have a 57% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner O'Keefe is a harder examiner and in the 74th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

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

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner O'Keefe 2.3
Art Unit 1738 1.8

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