Examiner Erb Nathan

3628-ERB-NATHAN

Employment Information

Art Unit:3628 — 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
340 — Communications: electrical
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
101 — Printing
Phone:(571) 272-7606
Email:nathan.erb@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

69
3-Year Grant rate: 63% over 166 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 69th

With Examiner Erb, you have a 63% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Erb is a harder examiner and in the 69th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Erb, 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 3628

Examiner Erb's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3628 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Erb 2.0
Art Unit 3628 2.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Erb has granted 60 of 98 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 61%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Erb has granted 45 of 68 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 66%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Erb, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 8%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17630144 Storing Data From A Process To Produce A Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical And/or Biological Product Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18078707 Robotic Handling System For High Priority Items Patented View
18497819 Apparatus, Systems, And Methods For Enhanced Interaction With A Node-Based Logistics Receptacle And A Parcel Customer Operating A Mobile User Device Patented View
18488658 Methods And Systems For Managing Shipped Objects Patented View
18442920 Systems, Apparatuses And Methods For A Tiered Structure To Manage A Chain Of Custody For Package Delivery Patented View
18792442 Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Patented View
18059998 Expert Booking Management System Abandoned View
18426217 Apparatus And Method For Line Haul Logistics Management Patented View
18380112 Environmental Sensor Device, System, And Methods Patented View
18175032 Asset Tracking Device And Methods For Location Determination Patented View
18925204 Systems And Methods For Facilitating Managing Of Supply Chains Of Items Patented View
18463670 System And Method For Real-Time Trip Automation And Event Monitoring For Shipments Patented View
18135926 Environmental Impact Management Device Abandoned View
18331178 Sightseeing Plan Provision System And Sightseeing Plan Provision Method Patented View
18326625 Dynamic Real Time Average Monthly Energy Management System Patented View
18420619 System For Automatic Loading / Unloading And Related Devices Abandoned View
18084422 Information Processing System, Information Processing Device, Method Of Controlling Information Processing Device, Program That Controls Information Processing Device, Communication Terminal, Method Of Controlling Communication Terminal, And Program That Controls Communication Terminal Patented View
18317614 Dynamic Adjustment Of Delivery Location Based On User Location Patented View
18349332 Vehicle Toll Charging Method, Apparatus, Device, System, Storage Medium And Program Product Patented View
18142364 Data Management System And Data Management Method Abandoned View
18161176 Combining User Device Identity With Vehicle Information For Traffic Zone Detection Patented View
18544644 Method And Apparatus For Parking Lot Metering Patented View
17851986 Precision Delivery Of Items To Moving Targets Utilizing Network-Provided Position Information Patented View
18856223 Environmental Sensor Device, System, And Methods Patented View
18082225 Computer Interfaces And Techniques For Protecting Sensitive Data Patented View
17844753 Method For Queuing And The Related Electronic Device Abandoned View
17885196 Automatic Application Programming Interface Triggering Based On Travel Information In A Structured Data Set Abandoned View
17251066 Information Processing Device, Method, And Program Patented View
18085377 Multi-Modal Transit System Abandoned View
18011729 Information Processing System, Information Processing Method, And Program Patented View
15427776 Delivery Estimates With Improved Accuracy Abandoned View
17650679 Control Apparatus, Method, And Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Patented View
18180207 Electronically Secured Package Delivery Patented View
17570129 Internet Of Things (Iot) Energy Device For Renewable Energy-Based Micro-Grid Infrastructure Patented View
17816454 Safeguarding High Value Assets Using Artificial Intelligence Patented View
17938964 System For Managing Check-In And Collecting Environmental Information At Accommodations, And Method Therefor Patented View
17410500 Customized Integrated Pricing Packages For Freight Shipment Patented View
18012494 Automatically Identifying An Available Meeting Room For A Spontaneous Meeting Abandoned View
18111800 Ride Sharing With Cash Delivery Patented View
18010494 Food And Drink Provision System Patented View
18013032 Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, And Storage Medium Patented View
17791733 Price Information Determination Apparatus, Price Information Determination Method, And Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Abandoned View
18005110 Method Of Operating A Container Carrier Terminal Abandoned View
17981002 Apparatus And Method For Determining Carbon Emissions Of A Shipment Patented View
18173204 Vehicle Charge Intent Prediction And Recommendation Systems And Methods Patented View
18089269 Optimized Dynamic Pricing Engine Abandoned View
15783374 Autonomous Computerized System For Managing Exercisable Rights Abandoned View
18118711 Logistics Pre-Arrival Declaration System And Operating Method Thereof Abandoned View
17654279 Automated Delivery Coordination And Meeting Scheduling For Multiple-Recipient Orders Received At A Computer System Patented View
17822997 Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Patented View

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