Examiner: CHIANG, MICHAEL

Analysis

Michael Chiang is an examiner in Art Unit 2875 within Tech Center 2800. He has managed 410 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 70.7 percent. This rate suggests that a high percentage of applications reaching a final resolution in this docket result in a patent grant.

The interview lift for this examiner is 21.6 percent. This positive lift indicates that conducting an interview improves the probability of allowance beyond the 70.7 percent baseline. Practitioners may find that the 21.6 percent lift is a useful factor when deciding whether to engage in direct communication with the examiner to resolve pending rejections.

The median days to allowance is 648. This is a relatively short pendency compared to other examiners. The 648 days to allowance, combined with the 410 resolved cases, indicates an efficient prosecution process in Art Unit 2875. Applicants can use these figures to project timelines for their intellectual property assets in Tech Center 2800.