Listed by the USPTO as GERTH, KATIE L
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3723 3731
This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases
GERTH, KATIE L has resolved 302 cases in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3723. The allowance rate is 75.8%, and the median time to allowance is 966 days. Interviews are associated with a 16.6% lift in allowance rate, a factor counsel may weigh when deciding how to address examination issues.
The docket includes Illinois Tool Works Inc., MAKITA Corporation, and MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corporation. The leading firms are Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Hovey Williams LLP, and OLIFF PLC. The recurring applicants are tool and industrial-equipment companies, giving practitioners relevant examples for docket review.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18406313 | DRIVING TOOL | Final Rejection | MAKITA CORPORATION |
| 19258269 | POWER TOOL EXTENSION POLE ASSEMBLY | Final Rejection | MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION |
| 18956865 | POWERED FASTENER DRIVER | Final Rejection | MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION |
| 18407601 | HANDHELD ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Covidien LP |
| 19417397 | PACKAGING DEVICE AND PACKAGING METHOD | Non-Final OA | EVE POWER CO., LTD. |
| 19490167 | Tool and Consumable | Non-Final OA | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft |
| 19291194 | Stapling Device | Non-Final OA | Signode Industrial Group LLC |
| 19132539 | STRAPPING DEVICE WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN ROCKER | Non-Final OA | Signode Industrial Group LLC |
| 19237895 | END TOOL AND SHAFT ASSEMBLY | Final Rejection | LIVSMED INC. |
| 18922276 | FLEXIBLE INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINER WITH COLLECTION SKIRT | Non-Final OA | Andax Industries LLC |
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Build Your Strategy75.8% of resolved applications examined by Katie L Gerth were allowed (302 resolved cases), compared with 56.5% across Art Unit 3723 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +16.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Katie L Gerth took 966 days on average from filing to allowance.
Katie L Gerth examines applications in Art Unit 3723 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
