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| Art Unit: | 3726 — Work holders |
|---|---|
| Group: | 3720 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools |
| Classes: |
408 — Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool 411 — Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener 407 — Cutters, for shaping 403 — Joints and connections 220 — Receptacles 118 — Coating apparatus 296 — Land vehicles: bodies and tops 409 — Gear cutting, milling, or planing 280 — Land vehicles 483 — Tool changing |
| Phone: | (313) 446-6515 |
| Email: | darrell.ford@uspto.gov |
| Location: | MI 48207 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg |
| Service: | 14 years |
| Grade: | GS-13 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 76% over 268 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 52nd
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With Examiner Ford, you have a 76% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ford is a medium examiner and in the 52nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ford, 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 Ford's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3726 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Ford | 1.3 |
| Art Unit 3726 | 1.2 |
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