Examiner Kurtz Benjamin M

1779-KURTZ-BENJAMIN-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:1779 — Liquid purification or separation
Group:1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
Classes: 210 — Liquid purification or separation
476 — Friction gear transmission systems or components
425 — Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Phone:(571) 272-8211
Email:benjamin.kurtz@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

73
3-Year Grant rate: 59% over 374 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 73rd

With Examiner Kurtz, you have a 59% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kurtz is a harder examiner and in the 73rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kurtz, 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 1779

Examiner Kurtz's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1779 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Kurtz 2.2
Art Unit 1779 1.8

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