Examiner Hayles Ashford S

3627-HAYLES-ASHFORD-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:3627 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
Group:3620 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing
Classes: 705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Phone:(571) 270-5106
Email:ashford.hayles@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

35
3-Year Grant rate: 84% over 216 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 35th

With Examiner Hayles, you have a 84% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hayles is an easier examiner and in the 35th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hayles, 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 3627

Examiner Hayles's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3627 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Hayles 1.0
Art Unit 3627 1.7

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Hayles has granted 136 of 166 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 82%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Hayles has granted 46 of 50 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 92%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Hayles, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 12%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18530256 Article Registration Device, Cart Pos System Equipped With Article Registration Device, And Article Registration Method Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
19027408 Drive Through System With Traffic Management Patented View
18333540 Program Function Triggering Method And Apparatus, Device, System, Medium, And Program Product Patented View
19282692 Machine Learning Models For Generation Of Execution Action Data Structures Based On Device Delivery Latency Patented View
18278353 Cost Calculation And Payment Device, Cost Calculation And Payment System, And Cost Calculation And Payment Method Patented View
17910016 System And Method For Preparing Food Autonomously Patented View
18109669 Interactive Bartender Abandoned View
18078363 Temporal Supply-Related Forecasting Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques Patented View
18162665 Reconfiguring Self-Checkout Kiosks Based On Attendant Availability Patented View
19169585 Connected Car As A Payment Device Patented View
19169593 Connected Car As A Payment Device Patented View
16080991 Dsrc Enabled Pre-Negotiated Fuel Purchase Account Location Abandoned View
18028652 Financial Transaction System And Method Abandoned View
18158368 Machine Learning Model For Dynamically Boosting Order Delivery Time Patented View
18032687 Method For Enabling Fingerprint Authentication For A Smart Card Patented View
18329315 Processing Payment Transactions Without A Secure Element Patented View
18178779 Conference Support System, Conference Support Method, And Recording Medium Patented View
17850619 Real-Time Currency Exchange System Patented View
17925795 Order Management Device And Order Management Method Patented View
18157564 Mobile Sales System And Server Device Patented View
18234093 Information Processing Apparatus, Control Method, And Program Patented View
18607011 Drive Through System Including Vision System And Transaction System Integration Patented View
18079210 Mobile Apparatus With Computer Vision Elements For Classifying Shelf-Space Patented View
17642389 Article Management Apparatus, Article Management System, Article Management Method And Recording Medium Abandoned View
18637684 Methods, Apparatus And Systems For Reusable Assets Patented View
18018410 Mobile Phone Purchasing Apparatus Abandoned View
18216789 System And Method For Providing Large Basket Vision Checkout Patented View
18234644 Information Processing Apparatus, Control Method, And Program Patented View
18781026 Barmaster Standalone Drink Monitoring System Patented View
18234683 Information Processing Apparatus, Control Method, And Program Patented View
18080230 Machine Learning Techniques For Directed Storage Guidance In Inventory Bins Of Moveable Inventory Holders Patented View
17877428 Augmented Reality Order Assistance Patented View
18891645 Interactive Bartender Abandoned View
18386217 Systems And Methods Of Storing And Retrieving Retail Store Product Inventory Patented View
18092021 Systems And Methods For Communicating With Nfc Readers Patented View
17487335 System And Method For Vaporization Device Resupply Based On Usage Data Patented View
18029777 Unattended Mobile Point Of Sale System Patented View
18538922 Venue Management System And Venue Tracking Applications Patented View
18606958 Drive Through System With Traffic Management Patented View
17636439 Work Planning System And Work Planning Method Patented View
18378030 Systems And Methods For Dual Optimization Of Pick Walk And Tote Fill Rates For Order Picking Patented View
18501831 Reader Device With A Plurality Of Reader Interfaces Patented View
17987702 Transaction Identification By Comparison Of Merchant Transaction Data And Context Data Patented View
17564614 System And Method For Carbon Sequestration Abandoned View
18378026 Systems And Methods For Rush Order Fulfilment Optimization Patented View
17768821 Inventory Evaluating Device Abandoned View
17749866 Merchandise Transaction Processing System, Settlement Apparatus, And Program For Settlement Apparatus Abandoned View
17736990 Systems, Methods, And Apparatuses For Payroll Module Analysis Patented View
18312652 Methods And Apparatus For Performing Agricultural Transactions Patented View
17742880 Automatically Creating A Time Entry Abandoned View

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