Examiner Harp William R

3653-HARP-WILLIAM-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:3653 — Sheet feeding or delivering
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 198 — Conveyors: power-driven
406 — Conveyors: fluid current
193 — Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
414 — Material or article handling
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
209 — Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
219 — Electric heating
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
118 — Coating apparatus
Phone:(571) 270-5386
Email:william.harp@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

20
3-Year Grant rate: 90% over 488 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 20th

With Examiner Harp, you have a 90% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Harp 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 Harp, 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 Harp's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3653 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Harp 1.1
Art Unit 3653 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Harp has granted 390 of 438 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 89%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Harp has granted 48 of 50 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 96%.

Interview Benefit

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

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18366420 Apparatus For Transferring And Accumulating Objects And Packaging Line Comprising Said Apparatus Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18240181 Device For Adjusting Center Of Gravity Patented View
18491895 Retaining Unit For Retaining A Container And Retaining Device And Apparatus Comprising Said Retaining Unit Patented View
18205853 Conveyor Drive Roller With Pressure Relief Means Patented View
18681877 Battery Conveyor Belt Patented View
18641989 Device And Method For Separating Piece Goods Patented View
18330389 Removal Device For Automatically Removing Flexible Material Parts, Method For Removing Flexible Material Parts, And Production System Comprising A Conveyor Device And A Removal Device Patented View
18657629 Receptacle Transport System For An Analytical System Patented View
18539916 Garbage Receptacle Transport Assembly Patented View
18851491 Cellular Wheel Sluice For Bulk Material, And Method For Automatically Clearing A Cellular Wheel Of Such A Cellular Wheel Sluice Patented View
18647551 System And Method For Automated Sortation Patented View
18580605 Cart With Tiltable Platform Abandoned View
18381349 Disperser, Dryer, And Storage Bin Abandoned View
18555522 Conveyor Roller Abandoned View
18556996 A Blockage Clearing System For A Multi-Story Building Chute System Abandoned View
18446307 Gate Valve, Module With A Valve And System For Conveying Of Bulk Goods With Valves Abandoned View
18474987 Aircraft Evacuation Slides Patented View
17873539 Pipe Of A Blowing Machine Patented View
18267006 System And Method For Controlling Conveyor System Tension Patented View
18044450 System For Conveying Pasta Patented View
18485743 Substrate Processing Apparatus Patented View
18417432 Flow Regulating Conveyance Apparatus, System And Method Patented View
18472041 Slide Pack Growth Detection Method Of Evacuation Slides Or Slide/rafts Patented View
18511571 Gunite Feed Wheel Patented View
18001735 Tube-Carrier Based Logistics System And Method For Performing Logistics Services With Such System Patented View
18528430 Feeding Device For Guiding And Providing One-Piece Ties Patented View
17926536 Automatic Distribution Wall Patented View
18122880 Pneumatic Conveyance System And Method Abandoned View
18121501 Systems And Methods For Handling Particulate Material Abandoned View
17873776 Hybrid Powder Feed Device Abandoned View
18245568 Roller Conveyor With End Stop Patented View
17681428 Systems And Methods For Silica Dust Reduction At Well Sites Patented View
18043957 Paper Sheet Transport System And Restoration Method Patented View
17966531 Overhead Conveyor, And Workpiece Conveying Method Using Overhead Conveyor Patented View
18592344 Receptacle Transport System For An Analytical System Patented View
18429170 Receptacle Delivery System Patented View
18604267 Conveyor Assembly And Method Of Using The Same Patented View
17999438 Apparatus For Moving And Sorting Articles Patented View
18220733 Conveyor With Towable Elevating Carriage Patented View
17303904 Center Tracking Dual Synchronous Belt System Patented View
18634624 Pneumatic Transport System Landing Device Patented View
17788108 Store Outlet Abandoned View
18246260 Handrail Tension Monitoring Device For A Passenger Transport System Patented View
18607933 Automated Workpiece Inversion Systems And Related Methods Patented View
18097543 Chiplet Loader For Microassembler Patented View
18243433 Substrate Transfer Systems And Methods Of Use Thereof Patented View
18173439 Curved Belt Conveyor Patented View
17710540 Organic Material Handling System Storage Module Patented View
17947854 Agitator Drive System For A Product Metering System Patented View
18399000 System And Method For Automated Sortation Patented View

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