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| Art Unit: | 3674 — Wells |
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| 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 277 — Seal for a joint or juncture 299 — Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material |
| Phone: | (571) 272-8763 |
| Email: | steven.macdonald@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Patent Examiner Mechcl Engrg |
| Service: | 13 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 80% over 341 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 45th
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With Examiner Macdonald, you have a 80% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Macdonald is a medium examiner and in the 45th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Macdonald, 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 Macdonald's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3674 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Macdonald | 1.5 |
| Art Unit 3674 | 1.4 |
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