Examiner Ortiz Rafael A

3736-ORTIZ-RAFAEL-A

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: 206 — Special receptacle or package
220 — Receptacles
224 — Package and article carriers
229 — Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
131 — Tobacco
128 — Surgery
242 — Winding, tensioning, or guiding
118 — Coating apparatus
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
514 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Phone:(571) 270-5240
Email:rafael.ortiz@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Engrg
Service:17 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

66
3-Year Grant rate: 66% over 548 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 66th

With Examiner Ortiz, you have a 66% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ortiz is a harder examiner and in the 66th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ortiz, 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 Ortiz's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3736 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Ortiz 1.4
Art Unit 3736 1.3

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