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| Art Unit: | 3653 — Sheet feeding or delivering |
|---|---|
| Group: | 3650 — Material and Article Handling |
| Classes: |
271 — Sheet feeding or delivering 226 — Advancing material of indeterminate length 221 — Article dispensing 242 — Winding, tensioning, or guiding 270 — Sheet-material associating 294 — Handling: hand and hoist-line implements 399 — Electrophotography 414 — Material or article handling |
| Phone: | (571) 270-3096 |
| Email: | howard.sanders@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg |
| Service: | 19 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 81% over 359 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 43rd
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With Examiner Sanders, you have a 81% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Sanders is a medium examiner and in the 43rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Sanders, 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 Sanders's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3653 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Sanders | 1.6 |
| Art Unit 3653 | 1.2 |
Examiner Sanders has granted 256 of 314 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 82%.
Examiner Sanders has granted 35 of 45 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 78%.
With Examiner Sanders, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 5%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18628838 | Paper Feed Roll | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 18272311 | Paper Feed System | Patented | View | |
| 18243687 | Sheet Conveying Device, Automatic Document Feeder, And Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18761938 | Vacuum Conveyor System For Inkjet Printing With Adjustment To The Covered Area | Patented | View | |
| 18517319 | Recording Device | Patented | View | |
| 18161408 | Power Transmission Apparatus, Medium Transport Apparatus, Recording Apparatus, Control Method Of Power Transmission Apparatus, And Control Method Of Medium Transport Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18199854 | Post-Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18490566 | Sheet Conveyance Device | Patented | View | |
| 18339975 | Medium Conveying Apparatus To Detect Predetermined Medium Based On Lift Of Medium | Patented | View | |
| 18819452 | Image Forming Apparatus, Control Method For Image Forming Apparatus, And Storage Medium | Patented | View | |
| 18366928 | Medium Transport Device And Medium Transport Method | Patented | View | |
| 18474356 | Image Reading Device | Patented | View | |
| 18422918 | Sheet Conveyance Guide | Abandoned | View | |
| 18641283 | Postprocessing Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18675756 | Sheet Conveying Device | Patented | View | |
| 18433410 | Sheet Conveying Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18338586 | Sheet Conveyance Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18224069 | Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18676450 | Banknote Handling Machine | Patented | View | |
| 18067276 | Printing Apparatus And Method Of Controlling Printing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18347430 | Image Reading Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus Including The Same | Patented | View | |
| 18298158 | Medium Discharge Device, Medium Processing Device, And Recording System | Patented | View | |
| 18125919 | Sheet Conveyance Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18199461 | Sheet Feeding Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18659592 | Value Note Box | Abandoned | View | |
| 18553420 | Document Conveying Device | Patented | View | |
| 18104637 | Media Processing Device Configured To Reduce Media Waste | Patented | View | |
| 17747710 | Medium Conveying Device | Abandoned | View | |
| 18357508 | Paper Sheet Handling Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18986841 | Method For Aligning A Sheet In A Feeder Of A Sheet-Processing Machine | Patented | View | |
| 18362711 | Sheet Conveyance Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18173813 | Paper Sheet Processing Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17760235 | Device For Storing A Sheet Pile In A Converting Machine And Converting Machine | Patented | View | |
| 18248408 | Sheet Conveyance Appararus And Image Forming Apparatus Including The Same | Patented | View | |
| 17717311 | Single Moveable Feeder Unit For Multi-Function Devices And Corresponding Methods | Patented | View | |
| 18178210 | Printing Apparatus And Roll Holding Device | Patented | View | |
| 18256166 | Paper Sheet Handling Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17973718 | Printing Plate Picking System And Process | Patented | View | |
| 18109518 | Postprocessing Device That Forms Air Layer Between Upper Face Of Sheets Already Stacked On Processing Tray And Lower Face Of Sheet Newly Placed On Processing Tray, And Image Forming System | Patented | View | |
| 18195738 | Assembly For Varying Pick Normal Force In An Automatic Document Feeder | Abandoned | View | |
| 18060730 | Image Forming Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17829201 | Paper Feed Device, Image Formation System, And Control Program For Paper Feed Device | Patented | View | |
| 18047802 | Medium Placing Device And Recording Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18322479 | Document Conveying Device, Image Reading Apparatus, And Multifunction Peripheral Capable Of Covering Tray | Abandoned | View | |
| 18213849 | Sheet Feeder Capable Of Accommodating And Feeding Sheets | Patented | View | |
| 17621275 | Stripper Assembly | Patented | View | |
| 18348712 | Sheet Discharge Device And Sheet Post-Processing Device Including The Same | Patented | View | |
| 18156837 | Medium Transport Apparatus And Image Reading Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17606979 | Automatic Image Positioning System For Sheet Material | Patented | View | |
| 17940983 | Image Forming Device, Document Feeder, And Method Of Determining Sheet Size | Abandoned | View |
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