Examiner Defauw Thad N

2412-DEFAUW-THAD-N

Employment Information

Art Unit:2412 — Multiplex communications
Group:2410-2460-2470 — Multiplex and VoIP
Classes: 370 — Multiplex communications
726 — Information security
Phone:(571) 272-6905
Email:thad.defauw@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Patent Examiner (Computer Engr)
Service:13 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

57
3-Year Grant rate: 72% over 160 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 57th

With Examiner Defauw, you have a 72% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Defauw is a medium examiner and in the 57th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Defauw, 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 2412

Examiner Defauw's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2412 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Defauw 2.0
Art Unit 2412 1.2

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