Examiner: AVILA, STEPHEN P

Analysis

Stephen P. Avila is an examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2478. He has managed 1953 resolved cases with an allowance rate pct of 80.3%. This 80.3% rate indicates that a majority of the applications in his portfolio result in a grant. The median days to allowance for these cases is 702, which establishes a timeline for practitioners to expect when prosecuting in this art unit. For the 1953 resolved cases, this 702-day period represents the median duration from filing to issuance for successful applications.

The data shows an interview lift pct of 10.2%. This 10.2% lift is an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to the 80.3% baseline allowance rate. This suggests that direct communication with the examiner is a method for resolving outstanding rejections. Practitioners can use the 10.2% lift to evaluate the impact of an interview, as it correlates with a higher success rate than the baseline. The 702-day median suggests that the process in Art Unit 2478 is relatively efficient for the 1953 resolved cases.