Examiner Sanders Howard J

3653-SANDERS-HOWARD-J

Employment Information

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

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

43
3-Year Grant rate: 81% over 359 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 43rd

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).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

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.

Comparison with Art Unit 3653

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

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Sanders has granted 256 of 314 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 82%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Sanders has granted 35 of 45 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 78%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Sanders, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 5%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

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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