Examiner Morrison Thomas A

3653-MORRISON-THOMAS-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3653 — Sheet feeding or delivering
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 271 — Sheet feeding or delivering
399 — Electrophotography
400 — Typewriting machines
294 — Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Phone:(571) 272-7221
Email:thomas.morrison@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:22 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

52
3-Year Grant rate: 76% over 296 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 52nd

With Examiner Morrison, you have a 76% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Morrison is a medium examiner and in the 52nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Morrison, 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 Morrison's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3653 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Morrison 2.2
Art Unit 3653 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Morrison has granted 181 of 241 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 75%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Morrison has granted 45 of 55 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 82%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Morrison, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 9%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18030124 Document Feed Device With Ascendable Document Guide Member Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17360624 Sheet Conveying Apparatus Patented View
18657868 Medium Transport Apparatus, Medium Processing Apparatus, And Recording Apparatus Patented View
18177768 Medium Conveyance Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18575427 Media Stacker Patented View
17734695 Front End Conveyor Having Blower For Dislodging Scrap Abandoned View
18162484 Paper Sheet Storage Device And Paper Sheet Handling Device Patented View
17867079 Sheet Feeding Apparatus Patented View
18574528 Suction Apparatus Patented View
17904762 Medium Conveyance Device Patented View
18544724 Sheet Discharging Device Including Elastic Pieces Arranged Offset From Roller Body Of Discharging Roller In Width Direction Patented View
18731612 Sheet Storage Device And Image Formation System Including Same Patented View
17968359 Sheet Feeding Apparatus, Image Forming System, And Control Program Patented View
17652751 Recording System Patented View
18611912 Sheet Conveying Device Conveying Sheet To Be Read Abandoned View
18634060 Media Feeding Device And Image Forming Apparatus Abandoned View
17825398 Sheet Discharge Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
17844840 Sheet Stacking Equipment Patented View
18168835 Medium Transport Device And Recording Device Patented View
18568952 Device And Method For Separating Value Documents, In Particular Banknotes, And Value Document Processing System Patented View
18668058 Sheet Conveying Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18716526 Vibratory Device Abandoned View
18292795 Media Loading Abandoned View
17724851 Sensor Logic State Detections Patented View
18633636 Dual-Use Automatic Document Feeder Patented View
18323634 Sheet Feeding Apparatus Patented View
18176401 Shaft And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
17999732 Sheet Material Processing Unit And Sheet Material Processing Machine Patented View
17879084 Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
17982418 Image Forming System Patented View
17731910 Image Forming Device Patented View
17967902 Conveyance Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
17862314 Cassette And Printing Apparatus Patented View
18596704 Sheet Feeding Device And Image Forming Apparatus Incorporating The Same Patented View
17806704 Medium Supply Device And Recording Device Abandoned View
17838456 Paper Jam Indication Detection Device, Paper Jam Indication Detection Method, And Recording Medium Patented View
18423750 Output Hopper For Media Processing Devices Abandoned View
17649001 Medium Transport Apparatus Patented View
17387655 Image Reading Device, Multi-Feed Detecting Method, And Multi-Feed Detecting Program Patented View
18155270 Sheet Processing Device, Sheet Output Device, Laminator, Image Forming Apparatus, And Image Forming System Patented View
17813505 Processing System Patented View
18006946 Sheet Feeding Device And Image Forming System Incorporating The Sheet Feeding Device Patented View
17534787 Medium Loading Device And Recording System Abandoned View
17937045 Image Reading Device Patented View
17660670 Paper Sheet Handling Apparatus Patented View
17943945 Sheet Transporting Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18092628 Sheet Feeder Apparatus Patented View
17645123 Medium Transport Apparatus Patented View
17949699 Feeding Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
17792490 Sheet Separation Device, Laminator, Image Forming Apparatus, And Image Forming System Patented View

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