Examiner Hopkins David A

2188-HOPKINS-DAVID-A

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
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
166 — Wells
Phone:(571) 272-0537
Email:david.hopkins@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:8 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

93
3-Year Grant rate: 21% over 180 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 93rd

With Examiner Hopkins, you have a 21% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hopkins 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 Hopkins, 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 Hopkins's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2188 and lower than that of the USPTO.

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

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