Listed by the USPTO as FAIRBANKS, BRENT ALAN
Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2857 2862 2899
This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases
Brent Alan Fairbanks serves in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2857. He has 256 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 49.2 percent. The interview lift is 32.5 percent, showing that interviews are a strategy for practitioners to improve their chances of success. This lift indicates that the examiner is responsive to verbal clarifications, which can help bridge the gap between a rejection and an allowance for the 256 resolved cases.
The median time to allowance is 1305 days. His top corporate applicants include Rainer Reimann and Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co. Ltd. The firms Chrisman Gallo Tochtrop LLC and WPAT, PC are the most frequent representatives. Practitioners should consider the 32.5 percent lift against the 49.2 percent baseline. The 1305 days median pendency suggests that while prosecution takes time, direct engagement is a factor in reaching a grant in this art unit.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685582 | RECHARGEABLE ELECTRONIC IMPLANT | Non-Final OA | Rainer Reimann |
| 18068003 | CHIP DEVICE | Final Rejection | SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. |
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Build Your Strategy49.2% of resolved applications examined by Brent Alan Fairbanks were allowed (256 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2857 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +32.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Brent Alan Fairbanks took 1,305 days on average from filing to allowance.
Brent Alan Fairbanks examines applications in Art Unit 2857 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).
