Examiner Smith Nicholas A (SPE)

1752-SMITH-NICHOLAS-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:1752 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
Group:1750 — UNKNOWN
Classes: 205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
219 — Electric heating
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
Phone:(571) 272-8760
Email:nicholas.smith@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Supvy Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

47
3-Year Grant rate: 79% over 318 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 47th

With Examiner Smith (SPE), you have a 79% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Smith (SPE) is a medium examiner and in the 47th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Smith (SPE), 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 1752

Examiner Smith (SPE)'s grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1752 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Smith (SPE) 1.1
Art Unit 1752 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Smith (SPE) has granted 209 of 272 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 77%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Smith (SPE) has granted 43 of 46 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 93%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Smith (SPE), conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 21%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17828309 Battery Pack With Fusible Link Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17680323 Method Of Manufacturing Battery Component And Apparatus For Manufacturing Battery Component Patented View
17366155 All-Solid-State Battery And Photocurable Composition Used In All-Solid-State Battery Patented View
17910758 Direct Coupling Device For Generating Hydrogen From Concentrated Sunlight Abandoned View
17832706 Battery Assembly Structure And Outdoor Air Conditioner Abandoned View
17750451 Battery Module For A Traction Battery Of An Electric Vehicle, Traction Battery For An Electric Vehicle, And Method Of Manufacturing A Traction Battery Abandoned View
17689544 Anode For All-Solid-State Battery Abandoned View
17837016 Hydrogen Peroxide Production Device And Use Thereof Abandoned View
17788731 Use Of A Substance Mixture That Reduces Contact Resistance Abandoned View
17698163 Battery Connection Module Patented View
17747424 All Solid State Battery, Method For Producing All Solid State Battery, And Method For Recovering All Solid State Battery Patented View
17686959 Solid State Battery Patented View
16958744 Moisture Control Apparatus, Moisture Control Method, Program, Storage Medium, Produced Object, Product, Apparatus, And Facility Patented View
18138610 Multi-Channel Electrochemical Machining Device And Method For Blisk Patented View
18156396 Electrochemical Mechanical Polishing And Planarization Equipment For Processing Conductive Wafer Substrate Patented View
17213408 Electrochemical Activation Of Water Abandoned View
17050319 Systems And Methods For Electrochemical Generation Of Syngas And Other Useful Chemicals Patented View
17605552 A Method For Preparing A Cross-Size Micro-Nano Structure Array Patented View
17509431 System And Method For Extracting Oxygen From Powdered Metal Oxides Patented View
17691116 Electrochemical Machining Of Geometrically Complex Passages Patented View
17194597 Steam Methane Reforming Unit For Carbon Capture Patented View
16975777 Apparatus And Method Of Catalysis Patented View
16355122 Electromagnetic Field-Assisted Method For Chemical Conversion Patented View
17943445 Systems And Methods For Processing Gases Abandoned View
17504774 Control System Of Dual Power Supply Type Electrolyzer Patented View
17283340 Method For The Surface Treatment Of A Metal Or Alloy Product, And Metal Or Alloy Product Abandoned View
18322577 Production Of Lithium Hydroxide And Lithium Carbonate Patented View
17727436 System And Method For Controlling A Multi-State Electrochemical Cell Patented View
18348973 Method And Apparatus For Producing Hydrogen Gas In An Electrolytic Cell Patented View
17915958 Gas To Hydrogen Process With Co-Production Of Carbon Patented View
18347260 Electrochemical Machining Device And Method For Blisk Using Electrode Array Patented View
17551120 Electrochemical Hydrogen Compression System Patented View
17601222 Electropolishing Method Patented View
17508411 Electrochemical Capture Of Lewis Acid Gases Patented View
17355008 Method For Monitoring Impedance Of Electrolyzer, Controller And Power Supply Abandoned View
17041473 Electrochemical Process For The Production Of Pressurized Gaseous Hydrogen By Electrolysis Then Depolarization Abandoned View
17135093 Hydrogen Gas Mixing Device Patented View
17986932 Stripping Method And Stripping Device For Silicon Carbide Single Crystal Wafers Patented View
17502245 Method For Smoothing And Polishing Metals Via Ion Transport Via Free Solid Bodies And Solid Bodies For Performing The Method Patented View
17437956 Processes Useful In The Manufacture Of Cyclododecasulfur Abandoned View
15318377 Apparatus And Method For Plasma Synthesis Of Graphitic Products Including Graphene Patented View
17395178 Method For High-Speed Wire Cutting Patented View
17204672 Electrolysis And Grinding Combined Machining Device And Method Abandoned View
17949856 Electrochemical Devices, Modules, And Systems For Hydrogen Generation And Methods Of Operating Thereof Patented View
17872459 Pulse Dynamic Electrochemical Machining Apparatus And Method For Rapidly Leveling Surface Of Revolving Part Patented View
17125343 Systems And Methods Of Water Treatment For Hydrogen Production Patented View
16440994 System For And Method Of Affecting Molecules And Atoms With Electromagnetic Radiation Abandoned View
16398800 Regenerative Fuel Cell System And Water Electrolysis System Abandoned View
17318290 Electrolytic Biocide Generating System For Use On-Board A Watercraft Patented View
16766468 Method For Purifying A Carrier Gas Patented View

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