Examiner Upchurch David M

3677-UPCHURCH-DAVID-M

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: 182 — Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
411 — Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
403 — Joints and connections
128 — Surgery
600 — Surgery
434 — Education and demonstration
368 — Horology: time measuring systems or devices
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
292 — Closure fasteners
224 — Package and article carriers
Phone:Available with subscription
Email:Available with subscription
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:16 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

47
3-Year Grant rate: 79% over 668 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 47th

With Examiner Upchurch, you have a 79% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Upchurch is a medium examiner and in the 47th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Upchurch, 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 Upchurch's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3677 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Upchurch 1.1
Art Unit 3677 1.3

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