Examiner Cothran Bernard E

2188-COTHRAN-BERNARD-E

Employment Information

Art Unit:2188 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
Group:2180 — Computer Architecture, I/O, Modeling and Simulation
Classes: 703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
433 — Dentistry
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
463 — Amusement devices: games
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
380 — Cryptography
Phone:Available with subscription
Email:Available with subscription
Title:Patent Examiner (Computer Engr)
Service:17 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

93
3-Year Grant rate: 20% over 114 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 93rd

With Examiner Cothran, you have a 20% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Cothran is an extremely hard examiner and in the 93rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Cothran, 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 2188

Examiner Cothran's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2188 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Cothran 3.1
Art Unit 2188 2.9

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