Examiner Higgins Gerard T

1785-HIGGINS-GERARD-T

Employment Information

Art Unit:1785 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Group:1780 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material, Adhesive Composition, Fabrics
Classes: 428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
503 — Record receiver having plural interactive leaves or a colorless color former, method of use, or developer therefor
252 — Compositions
106 — Compositions: coating or plastic
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
257 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
Phone:(571) 270-3467
Email:gerard.higgins@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Chem
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

51
3-Year Grant rate: 76% over 224 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 51st

With Examiner Higgins, you have a 76% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Higgins is a medium examiner and in the 51st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Higgins, 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 1785

Examiner Higgins's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1785 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Higgins 1.7
Art Unit 1785 1.4

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