Examiner Dillon Jr Joseph A

3653-DILLON-JR-JOSEPH-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3653 — Sheet feeding or delivering
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 406 — Conveyors: fluid current
198 — Conveyors: power-driven
414 — Material or article handling
111 — Planting
472 — Amusement devices
454 — Ventilation
193 — Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
222 — Dispensing
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
104 — Railways
Phone:(571) 272-6913
Email:joseph.dillon@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:29 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

20
3-Year Grant rate: 90% over 537 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 20th

With Examiner Dillon, you have a 90% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Dillon is a very easy examiner and in the 20th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Dillon, 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 3653

Examiner Dillon's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3653 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Dillon 0.8
Art Unit 3653 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Dillon has granted 401 of 446 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 90%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Dillon has granted 83 of 91 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 91%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Dillon, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 1%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18292629 Bend Element For A Waterslide Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18702920 A System And A Method For Temporary Storage And Offloading Of Granular Materials Patented View
18286290 Slide Feature For Water Ride Patented View
18501081 Slide And Ride System Patented View
18690303 Seed Accelerator Patented View
18366341 In Vehicle Cargo Storage Unit Conveyor System Patented View
18765618 Solid Distribution Systems For An Agricultural Spreader Patented View
18012793 System For Collecting Tripper Room Fugitive Dust Of Power Plant Coal Transfer Facility Abandoned View
18702082 A Contained Drum Discharge System And Method For Toxic Powdery Materials Patented View
18520726 Can Blank Conveyor Assembly And Method Of Use Patented View
18154326 System For Transferring Crop Materials From A Harvester In A Confined Area Of An Agricultural Field Patented View
18375979 Sand Management Systems And Systems And Methods To Operate A Sand Management System Patented View
18407100 Ada-Compliant Workstation For Pneumatic Tube Delivery System Patented View
18442950 Emptying System For Emptying Paste-Like Material From Barrel-Type Containers Patented View
18274518 Particle Transfer System And Particle Transfer Method Patented View
18260885 Method For Treating Particulate Material In A Fluidizing Device Patented View
18452844 Section Control System Patented View
18553506 Method And Device For Transporting Powders Patented View
18408383 Transport System Patented View
18214887 Air Compressor Having Vacuum And Associated Methods For Loading And Extracting Materials Patented View
18228000 Compact Inflatable Pool Slide With Detachable Water-Weighted Stepping Pad Abandoned View
18396834 Pallet Reversing Apparatus For Conveyor Patented View
18461606 Aerosol Removal System Patented View
18459545 Systems, Assemblies, And Methods For Pyrophoric Material Extraction Patented View
17651666 Integrated Air Entrainer Segment Air Source Patented View
18386109 Pneumatic Delivery System And Method Of Using The Same Abandoned View
18721407 Stopper, Roller Conveyor, And Belt Conveyor Patented View
18290745 Improved Conveyor System Patented View
18577950 Dense-Phase Powder Pump For Conveying Powder-Type Materials Patented View
18366225 Seed-Flow Adjustment System Patented View
19076647 Ride Feature Having Conjoined Bowl Structure Patented View
18392249 Transfer Plate Mechanism Of An Apparatus For Loading And Unloading A Shipping Container Patented View
18406645 Transport Device Patented View
18576739 Powder Conveying Chamber For A Dense Phase Powder Pump And Dense Phase Powder Pump Comprising A Powder Conveying Chamber Patented View
18374406 Gas Cabinet With Reduced Gas Emissions And Exhaust Flow Rate Patented View
18461489 Apparatus For Collecting Fumes Abandoned View
18669496 Method And Apparatus For Conveying Hot Calcined Raw Meal Patented View
17873523 Blowing Machine Patented View
18315087 Range Hood Patented View
18511482 Inflatable Water Slide Patented View
18307424 Multi-Level Tray Loader Patented View
18517883 Gate Opener For Proppant Container Patented View
18055824 Rotating Amusement Water Related Feature Patented View
18549365 Method For Conveying Material And Material Conveying Arrangement Patented View
18108969 Quick Disconnect Conveyance Tubes Patented View
18107153 Grain Transfer Element Locking System And Related Methods Patented View
18241967 Truck Bed Unloading Apparatus Patented View
18254354 Thermal Treatment Device And Method For Operating The Thermal Treatment Device Patented View
18382212 Trailer-Mounted Conveyor System And Method Abandoned View
18323560 Air Flow Control System For An Agricultural System Patented View

Appeals Statistics

Purchase Subscription

Subscribe to Premium Examiner Statistics for unlimited access for your law firm.

Disclaimer: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy of the statistics presented above and under
no circumstances will we be liable for any outcome resulting from your reliance on the above statistics.

Loading...