Examiner Matthews William H

3774-MATTHEWS-WILLIAM-H

Employment Information

Art Unit:3774 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
Group:3770 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
Classes: 623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
128 — Surgery
600 — Surgery
606 — Surgery
351 — Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
601 — Surgery: kinesitherapy
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
434 — Education and demonstration
Phone:(571) 272-4753
Email:william.matthews@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Biolgy
Service:25 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

42
3-Year Grant rate: 81% over 264 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 42nd

With Examiner Matthews, you have a 81% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Matthews is a medium examiner and in the 42nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Matthews, 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 3774

Examiner Matthews's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3774 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Matthews 1.4
Art Unit 3774 1.7

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