Examiner Shumate Anthony R

1773-SHUMATE-ANTHONY-R

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
521 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
549 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
261 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
165 — Heat exchange
Phone:(571) 270-5546
Email:anthony.shumate@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

45
3-Year Grant rate: 80% over 360 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 45th

With Examiner Shumate, you have a 80% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shumate is a medium examiner and in the 45th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shumate, 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 Shumate's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1773 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Shumate 0.9
Art Unit 1773 1.4

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