Examiner Hutchins Cathleen R

3672-HUTCHINS-CATHLEEN-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:3672 — Wells
Group:3670 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
Classes: 166 — Wells
175 — Boring or penetrating the earth
460 — Crop threshing or separating
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
455 — Telecommunications
451 — Abrading
417 — Pumps
219 — Electric heating
425 — Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
Phone:(571) 270-3651
Email:cathleen.hutchins@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Indl Engrg
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

24
3-Year Grant rate: 88% over 305 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 24th

With Examiner Hutchins, you have a 88% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hutchins is an easier examiner and in the 24th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hutchins, 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 3672

Examiner Hutchins's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3672 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Hutchins 1.3
Art Unit 3672 1.6

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Hutchins has granted 184 of 218 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 84%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Hutchins has granted 83 of 87 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 95%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Hutchins, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 13%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18144891 Linkage For Cutterbar Of Header For Agricultural Vehicle Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18287884 Orientable Weight Bar For A Downhole Tool And Method Of Using Same Patented View
17906235 Drill Bit Compact And Method Including Graphene Patented View
18738189 Drilling Tool Having Pre-Fabricated Components Patented View
18223638 Lift System For Bubble Up Auger Of Combine Harvester Patented View
18233387 Unload Tube Lock For Agricultural Vehicle Patented View
18129248 Rake Tongs Adapter Patented View
18929020 Rod Guide Configurations For Sucker Rod Pumps Patented View
18858450 Whipstock Assembly And Associated Method Of Installing The Whipstock Assembly Patented View
18954885 Formation Tester Stress Testing With Drill Pipe Supplied Acid And/or Proppant Injection Patented View
18753067 Coupling Member For Use With A Connection Patented View
18754709 One-Piece Cutting Head For A Drill Bit Patented View
18853752 Floating Valve Assembly For Drill Pipes Patented View
18665384 System And Method For Connecting Load Bearing Esp Power Cable Patented View
18559167 Primary And Secondary Filters For Enhanced Sand Control Abandoned View
18727865 Method Of Installing A Bismuth Bridge Plug Abandoned View
18763640 Freeing A Downhole Seal In A Wellbore Patented View
18471883 Downhole Flow Control Valve For Well Systems Patented View
18672627 Energized Swabbing Device For A Slickline Based Well Initiation Service Tool Patented View
17741839 System And Method For Electrical Control Of Downhole Well Tools Patented View
18410766 Systems And Methods For Untethered Wellbore Investigation Using Modular Autonomous Device Patented View
18768964 Valve Actuation Assembly With A Cable And Shaft Patented View
18371196 Cutting Insert Assemblies And Related Systems And Methods Patented View
18001863 Threaded Connection For Hammering Interconnected Tubular Members Patented View
18838522 Method And System For Cutting Hydraulic And/or Electric Lines In The Annular Space Of A Well Patented View
17977429 Tall Flange Rubber Adapter Patented View
18462982 Drill Bore Protection Device And Method Abandoned View
18730470 Systems And Methods For Single Trip Gravel Packing In Open Hole Borehole Patented View
18241964 Downhole Magnet, Downhole Magnetic Jetting Tool And Method Of Attachment Of Magnet Pieces To The Tool Body Patented View
18924704 High Flow Insert Safety Valve That Is Well Pressure Insensitive Patented View
18328050 Downhole Monitoring Of Hydraulic Equipment Patented View
18059241 Downhole Catching Device And Tool Combination Abandoned View
18348147 Anchor System And Method Patented View
18780943 Fracking Plug With A Support Ring Patented View
17970966 Wellbore Tractor With Independent Drives Patented View
18509815 Modular Perforation Tool Patented View
18115305 Single-Trip Deployment And Isolation Using A Ball Valve Patented View
18240872 Approaches To Drilling Fluid Volume Management Patented View
18065930 Systems And Methods For Downhole Service Tools Patented View
17462392 Addressable Switch Assembly For Wellbore Systems And Method Patented View
17932139 Untethered Logging Devices And Related Methods Of Logging A Wellbore Patented View
18173939 Hydraulic Indexing System Patented View
17628658 Centraliser Patented View
17938341 Tubing Retrievable Safety Valve Assembly With Secondary Flapper And Seat Patented View
18056560 Methods And Devices For Casing And Cementing Wellbores Patented View
17816639 Fixed Cutter Drill Bits And Cutter Element Arrangements For Same Patented View
17821287 Reverse Circulator And Method Patented View
17903725 Tool With A Base Element And Studs Provided Thereon And Use Of Such Tool For Forming Secant Walls Abandoned View
18580623 Cutting Tool Patented View
17087283 Method And Apparatus For Cementing And Cleaning A Reservoir Liner Patented View

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