Examiner Neff Michael R

2631-NEFF-MICHAEL-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:2631 — Pulse or digital communications
Group:2630A — Digital and Optical Communications
Classes: 382 — Image analysis
375 — Pulse or digital communications
455 — Telecommunications
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
370 — Multiplex communications
433 — Dentistry
510 — Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions
Phone:(571) 270-1848
Email:michael.neff@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

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3-Year Grant rate: 93% over 402 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 10th

With Examiner Neff, you have a 93% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Neff is an extremely easy examiner and in the 10th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Neff, 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 2631

Examiner Neff's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2631 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Neff 1.1
Art Unit 2631 1.0

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