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| Art Unit: | 1776 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus |
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| Group: | 1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| Classes: |
261 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus 203 — Distillation: processes, separatory 122 — Liquid heaters and vaporizers 210 — Liquid purification or separation 137 — Fluid handling 165 — Heat exchange 315 — Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems 202 — Distillation: apparatus 422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products |
| Phone: | (571) 272-9914 |
| Email: | stephen.hobson@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg |
| Service: | 13 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 57% over 391 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Harder |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 75th
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With Examiner Hobson, you have a 57% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hobson is a harder examiner and in the 75th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hobson, 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 Hobson's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1776 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Hobson | 1.6 |
| Art Unit 1776 | 1.2 |
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