Examiner Hicks Robert J

3736-HICKS-ROBERT-J

Employment Information

Art Unit:3736 — Special receptacle or package
Group:3730 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting
Classes: 220 — Receptacles
215 — Bottles and jars
206 — Special receptacle or package
222 — Dispensing
217 — Wooden receptacles
604 — Surgery
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
340 — Communications: electrical
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Phone:(571) 270-1893
Email:robert.hicks@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

46
3-Year Grant rate: 80% over 644 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 46th

With Examiner Hicks, you have a 80% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hicks is a medium examiner and in the 46th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hicks, 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 3736

Examiner Hicks's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3736 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Hicks 0.9
Art Unit 3736 1.3

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