Examiner Matthews Terrell H

3653-MATTHEWS-TERRELL-H

Employment Information

Art Unit:3653 — Sheet feeding or delivering
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 209 — Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
414 — Material or article handling
241 — Solid material comminution or disintegration
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
451 — Abrading
250 — Radiant energy
427 — Coating processes
501 — Compositions: ceramic
Phone:(571) 272-5929
Email:terrell.matthews@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

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3-Year Grant rate: 90% over 460 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 20th

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

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Matthews 0.9
Art Unit 3653 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Matthews has granted 381 of 428 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 89%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Matthews has granted 32 of 32 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 100%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Matthews, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 12%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18212401 Block Storage Arrangement And Method For Operating A Block Storage Arrangement Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17968054 Refractory Lining Design And Separation Via Destructive Hydration Patented View
18846753 Measuring Device And Selection Device Patented View
18043895 Guiding Chain Carrier System Patented View
18855309 Portable Device And Method For Inspecting, And Collecting Data From Fruits And/or Vegetables In The Field And/or Greenhouse Abandoned View
18720633 Purification Apparatus Patented View
19267432 Systems And Methods For Automated Produce Grading And Sorting Using Machine Vision And Robotics Patented View
18265750 Clamp Device And A Mobile Lift System With The Clamp Device Patented View
18430748 Systems And Methods For Scanning Information From Storage Area Contents Abandoned View
18808659 Screen Maintenance Link Abandoned View
18935427 Classifying Of Materials With Contaminants Patented View
18846054 Arrangement For Separating A Woven Textile Into Recovered Fibers And Textile Residual Patented View
18901873 Injection Molded Screening Apparatuses And Methods Patented View
18975872 Cryogenic Separation Systems And Methods Patented View
18405360 Turf Infill Separation System And Method For Separating A Dry Or Dried Infill Patented View
18587568 Vibratory Screen Drive Belt Tensioner Systems, Methods, And Apparatus Patented View
18137636 Hydraulic Single Axle Tow Dolly Patented View
18210275 Telescopic Liftgates Abandoned View
18302027 Wafer Placement Table Patented View
18143188 Carry Can Dynamic Stabilization Patented View
18939148 Garment Sorting System And Method Patented View
18913675 Length-Selective Dielectrophoretic Manipulation Of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Patented View
18114618 Device For Securing A Shuttle, Shuttle And Shelf System Abandoned View
18420160 Method For Preparation And Separation Of Atomic Layer Thickness Platelets From Graphite Or Other Layered Materials Abandoned View
18690121 System And Process For Sorting Die From Wafer Using Angled Wafer Table And Angled Turret Patented View
18910393 Integrated Sieve Device For Particle Size Screening Of Soil Samples Patented View
18403227 Inspection System Patented View
18742131 Injection Molded Screening Apparatuses And Methods Patented View
18917455 Screening Machine Having A Screen Tray Patented View
18032650 Method For Storing Load Carriers In A Rack Patented View
18833239 Apparatus For Separating The Components Of A Mixture Of Fibres And Granules By Beating The Mixture By Means Of An Alternating Electric Field Patented View
18639090 System And Method For Processing Hemp Plants And Products Produced Thereby Patented View
18272736 Embodiments Of A Modular Concentrating Bowl For A Centrifugal Concentrator Patented View
18724955 Vision Assembly For Fruit And Vegetable Products, And Associated Apparatus Patented View
18851752 Machine For Fractionating Ground Cereal Products Patented View
18123571 Hauling Vehicle And Method Of Use Patented View
18507699 Method For Removing Metallic Foreign Matter From Fluororesin And Method For Producing Fluororesin With Reduced Metallic Foreign Matter Patented View
18590841 Sorting Of Aluminum Alloys Patented View
18545243 Apparatuses, Methods, And Systems For Vibratory Screening Patented View
18917150 Method, Process And System For Recycling An Asphalt-Based Roofing Material Patented View
17991441 Modular, Pre-Tensioned, Self-Cleaning Screening Panels Patented View
19019021 Plant Pollen Sifter Device And Its Accessories Patented View
18681100 Ultrasonic Vibrating Screen Patented View
18249050 Component Storing Member Storage Cabinet And Method Of Managing Component Storing Members Patented View
18584139 On-Line Oil And Foreign Matter Detection System And Method Employing Hyperspectral Imaging Patented View
18489732 Method And System For Veneer Sheet Portion Stacking And Unstacking Patented View
17521697 Lighting Arrangements For Material Sorting Patented View
17639600 Method And Equipment For Fractionation Of Granules For Use In Pharmaceutical Compositions Patented View
18649270 Coop Cleaning Device Patented View
18221826 Oscillatory Separation Device Patented View

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