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| Art Unit: | 3679 — Pipe joints or couplings |
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| Group: | 3670 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| Classes: |
285 — Pipe joints or couplings 169 — Fire extinguishers 606 — Surgery 439 — Electrical connectors 138 — Pipes and tubular conduits |
| Phone: | (571) 270-3066 |
| Email: | james.linford@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg |
| Service: | 15 years |
| Grade: | GS-13 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 72% over 307 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 58th
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With Examiner Linford, you have a 72% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Linford is a medium examiner and in the 58th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Linford, 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 Linford's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3679 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Linford | 1.4 |
| Art Unit 3679 | 1.6 |
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