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| Art Unit: | 3722 — Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool |
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| 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 407 — Cutters, for shaping 318 — Electricity: motive power systems 173 — Tool driving or impacting 427 — Coating processes 403 — Joints and connections |
| Phone: | (571) 272-5498 |
| Email: | eric.gates@uspto.gov |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg |
| Service: | 21 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 85% over 450 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Easier |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 33rd
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With Examiner Gates, you have a 85% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Gates is an easier examiner and in the 33rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
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.
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 | 1.4 |
| Art Unit 3722 | 1.4 |
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