Examiner Niland Patrick Dennis

1762-NILAND-PATRICK-DENNIS

Employment Information

Art Unit:1762 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
Group:1760 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
Classes: 524 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
523 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
528 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
525 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
106 — Compositions: coating or plastic
516 — Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of
442 — Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
359 — Optical: systems and elements
526 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
Phone:(571) 272-1121
Email:patrick.niland@uspto.gov
Title:Pat Examnr Org Chem
Service:36 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

57
3-Year Grant rate: 73% over 433 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 57th

With Examiner Niland, you have a 73% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Niland is a medium examiner and in the 57th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Niland, 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 1762

Examiner Niland's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1762 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Niland 1.8
Art Unit 1762 1.4

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