Examiner Smith Courtney L

2841-SMITH-COURTNEY-L

Employment Information

Art Unit:2841 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Group:2830-2840 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
Classes: 361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
165 — Heat exchange
363 — Electric power conversion systems
174 — Electricity: conductors and insulators
310 — Electrical generator or motor structure
257 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
312 — Supports: cabinet structure
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
105 — Railway rolling stock
220 — Receptacles
Phone:(571) 272-9094
Email:courtney.smith@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

17
3-Year Grant rate: 91% over 523 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 17th

With Examiner Smith, you have a 91% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Smith is a very easy examiner and in the 17th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Smith, 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 2841

Examiner Smith's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2841 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Smith 1.2
Art Unit 2841 1.2

Interview Benefit

Purchase Subscription

Subscribe to Premium Examiner Statistics for unlimited access to our examiner statistics.

Recent Dispositions

Purchase Subscription

Subscribe to Premium Examiner Statistics for unlimited access to our examiner statistics.

Appeals Statistics

Purchase Subscription

Subscribe to Premium Examiner Statistics for unlimited access to our examiner statistics.

Appeal History

Purchase Subscription

Subscribe to Premium Examiner Statistics for unlimited access to our examiner statistics.

Disclaimer: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy of the statistics presented above and under
no circumstances will we be liable for any outcome resulting from your reliance on the above statistics.

Loading...