Examiner Zimmerman Brian A (SPE)

2686-ZIMMERMAN-BRIAN-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:2686 — Communications: electrical
Group:2680B — Telemetry and Code Generation; Vehicles and System Alarms; Selective Communication; Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives; Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives
Classes: 340 — Communications: electrical
455 — Telecommunications
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
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Title:Supvy Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:36 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

97
3-Year Grant rate: 6% over 18 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 97th

With Examiner Zimmerman (SPE), you have a 6% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Zimmerman (SPE) is an extremely hard examiner and in the 97th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Zimmerman (SPE), 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 2686

Examiner Zimmerman (SPE)'s grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2686 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Zimmerman (SPE) 1.1
Art Unit 2686 1.1

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