Examiner Tolan Edward Thomas

3725-TOLAN-EDWARD-THOMAS

Employment Information

Art Unit:3725 — Solid material comminution or disintegration
Group:3720 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools
Classes: 140 — Wireworking
470 — Threaded, headed fastener, or washer making: process and apparatus
100 — Presses
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
163 — Needle and pin making
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
219 — Electric heating
148 — Metal treatment
285 — Pipe joints or couplings
474 — Endless belt power transmission systems or components
Phone:Available with subscription
Email:Available with subscription
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:32 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

33
3-Year Grant rate: 85% over 423 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 33rd

With Examiner Tolan, you have a 85% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Tolan is an easier examiner and in the 33rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Tolan, 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 3725

Examiner Tolan's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3725 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Tolan 1.5
Art Unit 3725 1.4

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