Examiner Drodge Joseph W

1773-DRODGE-JOSEPH-W

Employment Information

Art Unit:1773 — Liquid purification or separation
Group:1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
Classes: 210 — Liquid purification or separation
127 — Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
604 — Surgery
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
366 — Agitating
530 — Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof
119 — Animal husbandry
Phone:(571) 272-1140
Email:joseph.drodge@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:38 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

31
3-Year Grant rate: 86% over 654 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 31st

With Examiner Drodge, you have a 86% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Drodge is an easier examiner and in the 31st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Drodge, 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 1773

Examiner Drodge's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1773 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Drodge 1.4
Art Unit 1773 1.4

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