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Listed by the USPTO as IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2853 2881 3793
This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases
Nicole Marie Ippolito has a very high volume of 1732 resolved cases. Her allowance rate is 86.6%, which is exceptionally high for Art Unit 2853. The median days to allowance is 748, indicating a very efficient prosecution cycle in Tech Center 3700. This combination of a high allowance rate and a short timeline makes her one of the more applicant-friendly examiners in her field, as the 86.6% rate and 748-day median demonstrate.
The interview lift is 9.6%, which is a modest increase. This suggests that the 86.6% allowance rate is largely driven by the initial examination quality rather than post-interview corrections. The 1732 resolved cases provide a very high level of statistical confidence in these metrics. Practitioners should note that the 748-day median is significantly faster than many of her colleagues, making her docket highly efficient. The 86.6% allowance rate remains the primary indicator of success for applicants assigned to her.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868202 | ACCESS AND SAFETY CONTROL FOR RADIATION SHIELDING AREA | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 18353359 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | General Electric Company |
| 18900566 | Gas Phase Sample Preparation for Cryo-Electron Microscopy | Non-Final OA | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation |
| 18913676 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING AQUEOUS SOLUTION WITH MOF CHEMOSENSOR | Non-Final OA | KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS |
| 18883167 | ENHANCED CROSS SECTIONAL FEATURES MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY | Non-Final OA | Applied Materials, Inc. |
| 18648153 | WIRELESS CHAMBER SENSOR | Final Rejection | Applied Materials, Inc. |
| 18898578 | NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY DEVICE AND COLLIMATOR | Non-Final OA | SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| 18794310 | MULTIPLEXED ION PRE-SEPARATION FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY | Non-Final OA | Thermo Finnigan LLC |
| 18797255 | PARTICLE-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE) USING HYDROGEN AND MULTI-SPECIES FOCUSED ION BEAMS | Non-Final OA | FEI COMPANY |
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Build Your Strategy86.6% of resolved applications examined by Nicole Marie Ippolito were allowed (1,732 resolved cases), compared with 72.7% across Art Unit 2853 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +9.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Nicole Marie Ippolito took 748 days on average from filing to allowance.
Nicole Marie Ippolito examines applications in Art Unit 2853 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).