Examiner Hotaling John M

3992-HOTALING-JOHN-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:3992 — Multiplex communications
Group:3990 — Central Reexamination Unit
Classes: 375 — Pulse or digital communications
370 — Multiplex communications
381 — Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
455 — Telecommunications
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
307 — Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Phone:(571) 272-4437
Email:john.hotaling@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

63
3-Year Grant rate: 68% over 47 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 63rd

With Examiner Hotaling, you have a 68% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hotaling 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 Hotaling, 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 3992

Examiner Hotaling's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3992 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Hotaling 1.4
Art Unit 3992 2.0

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