Examiner Fink Thomas A

3746-FINK-THOMAS-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3746 — Pumps
Group:3740 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
Classes: 417 — Pumps
415 — Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
416 — Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
418 — Rotary expansible chamber devices
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
166 — Wells
303 — Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems
137 — Fluid handling
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Phone:(571) 270-3373
Email:thomas.fink@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:15 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

59
3-Year Grant rate: 71% over 251 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 59th

With Examiner Fink, you have a 71% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Fink is a medium examiner and in the 59th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Fink, 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 3746

Examiner Fink's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3746 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Fink 1.3
Art Unit 3746 1.3

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