Examiner Ference James M

3635-FERENCE-JAMES-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:3635 — Chairs and seats
Group:3630 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
Classes: 297 — Chairs and seats
345 — Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
160 — Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
182 — Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
403 — Joints and connections
482 — Exercise devices
296 — Land vehicles: bodies and tops
136 — Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
249 — Static molds
248 — Supports
Phone:(571) 270-7861
Email:james.ference@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

38
3-Year Grant rate: 83% over 511 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 38th

With Examiner Ference, you have a 83% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ference is an easier examiner and in the 38th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ference, 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 3635

Examiner Ference's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3635 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Ference 1.6
Art Unit 3635 1.5

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