Examiner Smith Nicholas A (SPE)

1752-SMITH-NICHOLAS-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:1752 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
Group:1720 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Electrophotography, Photolithography
Classes: 205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
219 — Electric heating
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
Phone:(571) 272-8760
Email:nicholas.smith@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Supvy Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

47
3-Year Grant rate: 79% over 329 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 47th

With Examiner Smith (SPE), you have a 79% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Smith (SPE) is a medium examiner and in the 47th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Smith (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.

Comparison with Art Unit 1752

Examiner Smith (SPE)'s grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1752 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Smith (SPE) 1.1
Art Unit 1752 1.6

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