Examiner Shao Phillip Y

1776-SHAO-PHILLIP-Y

Employment Information

Art Unit:1776 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Group:1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
Classes: 261 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
210 — Liquid purification or separation
604 — Surgery
588 — Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
438 — Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
165 — Heat exchange
564 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Phone:(571) 272-8171
Email:phillip.shao@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

61
3-Year Grant rate: 70% over 321 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 61st

With Examiner Shao, you have a 70% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shao is a harder examiner and in the 61st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shao, 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 1776

Examiner Shao's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1776 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Shao 1.4
Art Unit 1776 1.2

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