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| Art Unit: | 3741 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing |
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| Group: | 3740 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| Classes: |
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics 239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 169 — Fire extinguishers 604 — Surgery 174 — Electricity: conductors and insulators 280 — Land vehicles 248 — Supports 429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 307 — Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 219 — Electric heating |
| Phone: | (571) 272-8140 |
| Email: | rene.ford@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg |
| Service: | 13 years |
| Grade: | GS-12 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 89% over 188 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Very Easy |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 20th
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With Examiner Ford, you have a 89% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ford is a very easy examiner and in the 20th 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 higher than that of Art Unit 3741 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Ford | 1.2 |
| Art Unit 3741 | 1.5 |
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