Examiner Mercado Louis A

3677-MERCADO-LOUIS-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3677 — Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
Group:3670 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
Classes: 242 — Winding, tensioning, or guiding
224 — Package and article carriers
254 — Implements or apparatus for applying pushing or pulling force
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
403 — Joints and connections
280 — Land vehicles
410 — Freight accommodation on freight carrier
434 — Education and demonstration
297 — Chairs and seats
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
Phone:(571) 270-5388
Email:louis.mercado@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:15 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

27
3-Year Grant rate: 87% over 356 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 27th

With Examiner Mercado, you have a 87% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Mercado is an easier examiner and in the 27th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Mercado, 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 3677

Examiner Mercado's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3677 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Mercado 1.2
Art Unit 3677 1.2

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