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| Art Unit: | 3651 — Conveyors: power-driven |
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| Group: | 3650 — Material and Article Handling |
| Classes: |
198 — Conveyors: power-driven 193 — Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways 414 — Material or article handling 294 — Handling: hand and hoist-line implements 104 — Railways 700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications 492 — Roll or roller 460 — Crop threshing or separating 221 — Article dispensing 269 — Work holders |
| Phone: | (571) 272-6915 |
| Email: | douglas.hess@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg |
| Service: | 32 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 94% over 584 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Extremely Easy |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 8th
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With Examiner Hess, you have a 94% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hess is an extremely easy examiner and in the 8th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hess, 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.
Examiner Hess's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3651 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Hess | 0.8 |
| Art Unit 3651 | 1.1 |
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