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| Art Unit: | 3791 — Surgery |
|---|---|
| Group: | 3790 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| Classes: |
600 — Surgery 604 — Surgery 482 — Exercise devices 164 — Metal founding 435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology 434 — Education and demonstration 607 — Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application |
| Phone: | (571) 270-5044 |
| Email: | sean.dougherty@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Gen Engrg |
| Service: | 19 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 74% over 295 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 55th
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With Examiner Dougherty, you have a 74% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Dougherty is a medium examiner and in the 55th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Dougherty, 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 Dougherty's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3791 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Dougherty | 1.7 |
| Art Unit 3791 | 1.9 |
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