Examiner Thomas Kyle Robert

3741-THOMAS-KYLE-ROBERT

Employment Information

Art Unit:3741 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Group:3740 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
Classes: 244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
604 — Surgery
376 — Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
169 — Fire extinguishers
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
149 — Explosive and thermic compositions or charges
419 — Powder metallurgy processes
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
137 — Fluid handling
Phone:Available with subscription
Email:Available with subscription
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:10 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

63
3-Year Grant rate: 68% over 229 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 63rd

With Examiner Thomas, you have a 68% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Thomas is a harder examiner and in the 63rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Thomas, 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 3741

Examiner Thomas's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3741 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Thomas 1.4
Art Unit 3741 1.5

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