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| Art Unit: | 1795 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy |
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| Group: | 1790 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| Classes: |
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy 205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 600 — Surgery 136 — Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric 506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus 422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology 424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 257 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes) 436 — Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing |
| Phone: | (571) 270-5119 |
| Email: | john.ball@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Gen Chem |
| Service: | 19 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 85% over 457 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Easier |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 34th
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With Examiner Ball, you have a 85% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ball is an easier examiner and in the 34th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ball, 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.
Examiner Ball's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1795 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
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| Examiner Ball | 1.5 |
| Art Unit 1795 | 1.9 |
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