Examiner Shepherd Matthew Richard

3634-SHEPHERD-MATTHEW-RICHARD

Employment Information

Art Unit:3634 — Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Group:3630 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
Classes: 160 — Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
182 — Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
296 — Land vehicles: bodies and tops
139 — Textiles: weaving
Phone:Available with subscription
Email:Available with subscription
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:6 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

82
3-Year Grant rate: 46% over 134 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 82nd

With Examiner Shepherd, you have a 46% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shepherd is a very hard examiner and in the 82nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shepherd, 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 3634

Examiner Shepherd's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3634 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Shepherd 2.6
Art Unit 3634 1.7

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