Examiner Gates Eric A

3722-GATES-ERIC-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3722 — Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
Group:3720 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools
Classes: 408 — Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
279 — Chucks or sockets
409 — Gear cutting, milling, or planing
483 — Tool changing
451 — Abrading
318 — Electricity: motive power systems
403 — Joints and connections
427 — Coating processes
173 — Tool driving or impacting
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Phone:(571) 272-5498
Email:eric.gates@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

31
3-Year Grant rate: 86% over 416 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 31st

With Examiner Gates, you have a 86% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Gates is an easier examiner and in the 31st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Gates, 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 3722

Examiner Gates's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3722 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Gates 1.3
Art Unit 3722 1.4

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Gates has granted 274 of 325 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 84%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Gates has granted 82 of 91 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 90%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Gates, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17994643 Four-Hole Core Drilling Machine Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17793132 Device For Axial Displacement Of A Hole Saw For A Hand-Held Drill Patented View
18651211 Hole Cutter With Multiple Fulcrums Patented View
18315346 Pipe Threading Mechanisms And Systems Patented View
17943004 Tool Quick-Change Set For Medical Hand-Held Machine Tool Patented View
17857643 Jaw Assembly Patented View
18440250 Dust Extractor With Flat Back Patented View
17850851 Passive Locking Chuck For Rotary Driver Patented View
18065018 Member For Semiconductor Manufacturing Apparatus Patented View
17544072 Chuck With Non-Flat Shaped Surface Patented View
17979686 Modular Drill With Cam Clamping Patented View
17453884 Tool And Method For Correcting Position Of Wafer In Semiconductor Manufacturing Machine Patented View
16968566 Ergonomic Quick Release Plastic Disposable Base For Medical Instruments Patented View
17852809 Collet Patented View
17894730 Reducing Sleeve, Modular System For Providing A Reducing Sleeve Assembly, And Machining Assembly Patented View
18650979 Hole Cutting Accessory For Power Tool Patented View
18176100 Hole Saw Patented View
17783679 Device For Transmitting Movement Patented View
18636344 Opening/closing Chuck And Method Of Manufacturing Fingers Patented View
17923139 Component For Connecting A Clamping Holder To A Shaft Patented View
18081583 Combination System Of Fixed Arbor Hole Saws And Quick-Change Mandrel Abandoned View
17570905 Tool For Installation And Removal Of Retention Knobs Patented View
18218249 Reamer Abandoned View
17844106 Hole Saw Arbor Having An Adjustable Connection Mechanism Patented View
17619475 Dust Protection Cap With Vibration Decoupling Patented View
17697042 Spade Drill Bits Patented View
17784386 Device For Transmitting Torque From A Drill To A Drill Bit Patented View
17884235 Conduit Layout Apparatus, Method Of Making And Using The Same Abandoned View
17758827 Machine Tool Control Device Patented View
17550932 Wafer To Baseplate Arc Prevention Using Textured Dielectric Patented View
17617612 Quick-Change System, Rotary Indexing Table Having A Quick-Change System Of This Type, And Use Patented View
17378440 Method Of Using Accessories For Oscillating Power Tools Patented View
18406691 Pin Drive Rotary Surgical Cutting Tools And Powered Handpieces Patented View
17780685 Expansion Clamping Device And Method Of Making Same Patented View
17752725 Tool Adapter Patented View
17617229 Tool Changer For Collaborative Robots, A Robot Tool Changer System And A Method For Connecting A Tool To A Robot Arm Patented View
17282034 Chuck For A Wire Driver Patented View
17533252 Rotary Tool With Axial Adjustment Mechanism Patented View
18606157 Hole Saw Patented View
18783817 Hole Saw Patented View
17779415 Cutting Tool Assembly Patented View
17628416 Tool Changer For A Robot And Changing System Therefor Patented View
17658472 Substrate Detaching Apparatus Patented View
18501800 Hole Saw With Hex Sidewall Holes Patented View
17946696 Tap Holder Patented View
17433726 A Tool Holding Arrangement, Thread Insert, Rotatable Shaft And Drill Unit Patented View
17553336 Pressure-Medium-Controlled Countersinking Tool With Blade Centering Patented View
18613286 Collet And Assembly For Mounting A Workpiece To A Milling Machine Patented View
18210010 Drill Bit Extension Abandoned View
18354562 Hole Saw Patented View

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