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| Art Unit: | 2972 — Equipment for production, distribution, or transformation of energy |
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| Group: | 2910 — Design |
| Classes: |
D13 — Equipment for production, distribution, or transformation of energy D24 — Medical and laboratory equipment D14 — Recording, communication, or information retrieval equipment D23 — Environmental heating and cooling; fluid handling and sanitary equipment D26 — Lighting D16 — Photography and optical equipment D21 — Games, toys, and sports goods D15 — Machines not elsewhere specified |
| Phone: | Available with subscription |
| Email: | Available with subscription |
| Title: | Dsgn Pat Examnr |
| Service: | 14 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 90% over 1591 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Very Easy |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 20th
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With Examiner Shields, you have a 90% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shields is a very easy examiner and in the 20th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shields, 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 Shields's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2972 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Shields | 0.3 |
| Art Unit 2972 | 0.3 |
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