Examiner Collins Michael

3655-COLLINS-MICHAEL

Employment Information

Art Unit:3655 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
221 — Article dispensing
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
270 — Sheet-material associating
206 — Special receptacle or package
222 — Dispensing
141 — Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means
131 — Tobacco
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
312 — Supports: cabinet structure
Phone:(571) 272-8970
Email:michael.collins@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

43
3-Year Grant rate: 81% over 460 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 43rd

With Examiner Collins, you have a 81% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Collins 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 Collins, 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 3655

Examiner Collins's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3655 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Collins 1.3
Art Unit 3655 1.0

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