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| Art Unit: | 2944 — Medical and laboratory equipment |
|---|---|
| Group: | 2910 — Design |
| Classes: |
D24 — Medical and laboratory equipment D10 — Measuring, testing, or signalling instruments D23 — Environmental heating and cooling; fluid handling and sanitary equipment |
| Phone: | (571) 272-9218 |
| Email: | gilbert.ford@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Dsgn Pat Examnr |
| Service: | 5 years |
| Grade: | GS-13 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 98% over 366 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Extremely Easy |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 1st
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With Examiner Ford, you have a 98% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ford is an extremely easy examiner and in the 1st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ford, 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.
Examiner Ford's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2944 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Ford | 0.4 |
| Art Unit 2944 | 0.4 |
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