Examiner Leff Steven N

1792-LEFF-STEVEN-N

Employment Information

Art Unit:1792 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Group:1790 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
Classes: 426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
366 — Agitating
434 — Education and demonstration
266 — Metallurgical apparatus
141 — Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means
126 — Stoves and furnaces
294 — Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
425 — Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
Phone:(571) 272-6527
Email:steven.leff@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Chem
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

88
3-Year Grant rate: 35% over 215 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 88th

With Examiner Leff, you have a 35% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Leff is a very hard examiner and in the 88th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Leff, 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 1792

Examiner Leff's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1792 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Leff 2.5
Art Unit 1792 2.3

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