Examiner Burch Melody M

3616-BURCH-MELODY-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:3616 — Land vehicles
Group:3610 — Surface Transportation
Classes: 188 — Brakes
267 — Spring devices
303 — Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems
280 — Land vehicles
367 — Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
248 — Supports
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
464 — Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts
296 — Land vehicles: bodies and tops
474 — Endless belt power transmission systems or components
Phone:(571) 272-7114
Email:melody.burch@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:26 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

66
3-Year Grant rate: 66% over 342 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 66th

With Examiner Burch, you have a 66% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Burch is a harder examiner and in the 66th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Burch, 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 3616

Examiner Burch's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3616 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Burch 2.5
Art Unit 3616 1.2

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