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| Art Unit: | 1755 — Tobacco |
|---|---|
| Group: | 1720 — Fuel Cells, Batteries/Battery, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Composition(s) |
| Classes: |
131 — Tobacco 264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes 425 — Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus 702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing 406 — Conveyors: fluid current 366 — Agitating 100 — Presses 141 — Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means |
| Phone: | (571) 270-1426 |
| Email: | russell.sparks@uspto.gov |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg |
| Service: | 10 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 49% over 320 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Very Hard |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 81st
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With Examiner Sparks, you have a 49% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Sparks is a very hard examiner and in the 81st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Sparks, 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 Sparks's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1755 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Sparks | 2.8 |
| Art Unit 1755 | 2.2 |
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