Listed by the USPTO as CARTER, MONICA SMITH
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3723 3727
This examiner grants 9% of resolved cases
CARTER, MONICA SMITH is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3700 and art unit 3723. The record includes 90 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 8.9%, and a median of 1232 days to allowance. The interview lift is 2.9%, showing little association between interviews and allowance outcomes within a record marked by a low allowance rate.
The listed companies are SK Inc. and MITSUBA Corporation. The associated firms are JCIPRNET and Jones Day. Practitioners should undertake rigorous claim and prior-art analysis, prepare for a difficult prosecution path, and avoid relying on interviews alone to change the available allowance outlook.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18981914 | Roller Cleaning Apparatus | Non-Final OA | SK On Co., Ltd. |
| 19007537 | WIPER DEVICE | Non-Final OA | MITSUBA Corporation |
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Build Your Strategy8.9% of resolved applications examined by Monica Smith Carter were allowed (90 resolved cases), compared with 56.5% across Art Unit 3723 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +2.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Monica Smith Carter took 1,232 days on average from filing to allowance.
Monica Smith Carter examines applications in Art Unit 3723 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).