Examiner Broughton Kathleen M

2661-BROUGHTON-KATHLEEN-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:2661 — Image analysis
Group:2660-2670 — Image Analysis; Applications; pattern Recognition; Color and Compression; Enhancement and Transformation
Classes: 382 — Image analysis
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
348 — Television
345 — Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
600 — Surgery
359 — Optical: systems and elements
Phone:(571) 270-7380
Email:kathleen.broughton@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr(Biomedical Engrg)
Service:6 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

26
3-Year Grant rate: 87% over 127 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 26th

With Examiner Broughton, you have a 87% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Broughton is an easier examiner and in the 26th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Broughton, 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 2661

Examiner Broughton's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2661 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Broughton 1.5
Art Unit 2661 1.2

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