Listed by the USPTO as DODSON, CHRISTINA MARIE
Tech Center 2900 • Art Units: 2917 2938
This examiner grants 97% of resolved cases
Examiner Christina Marie Dodson operates within Tech Center 2900 and Art Unit 2917. She has resolved 111 cases with an allowance rate of 97.3%. This 97.3% rate indicates that the vast majority of applications result in a grant. Because the baseline for success is high, the interview lift is 3.3%. This 3.3% lift suggests that interviews provide a small increase in the probability of allowance compared to the 97.3% baseline. Practitioners can use these figures to plan their resource allocation during prosecution.
The median days to allowance for this examiner is 623. This 623-day timeline is the duration from filing to grant for the 111 resolved cases. Flos S.p.A. is the top company listed in the docket, and Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP is the top firm. The 623-day median pendency is a benchmark for applicants in Art Unit 2917. These data points provide a clear picture of the prosecution environment for this examiner.
With a 97.3% allowance rate, the focus for practitioners is often on claim scope rather than overcoming rejections. The 3.3% interview lift confirms that the written record is frequently sufficient to reach an allowance. The 623-day timeline and the 111 resolved cases suggest a consistent path to patent issuance. Applicants can rely on these metrics when navigating Tech Center 2900.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35522690 | Table lamp | Non-Final OA | FLOS S.P.A. |
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Build Your Strategy97.3% of resolved applications examined by Christina Marie Dodson were allowed (111 resolved cases), compared with 97.2% across Art Unit 2917 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +3.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Christina Marie Dodson took 623 days on average from filing to allowance.
Christina Marie Dodson examines applications in Art Unit 2917 in Tech Center 2900.
