Listed by the USPTO as RICHARDS, NORMAN DREW
Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2871 2872 2892 2895
This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases
RICHARDS, NORMAN DREW is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2800 and art unit 2800. The profile includes 83 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 51.8%, and a median of 1236 days to allowance. The allowance figure reflects a mixed outcome profile, and the median interval indicates that applications commonly remain in prosecution for a lengthy period before allowance.
The interview lift is 14.6%, linking applicant interviews with a measurable improvement in allowance outcomes in this record. NEC Corporation, BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Applied Materials Inc. are the listed leading companies. IPro, PLLC and TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP are the listed leading firms. Counsel can treat interview preparation as a potentially useful prosecution tool, while accounting for the extended 1236-day median timeline.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17789308 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 17692654 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. |
| 17827356 | HIGHLY CONFORMAL METAL ETCH IN HIGH ASPECT RATIO SEMICONDUCTOR FEATURES | Non-Final OA | Applied Materials, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy51.8% of resolved applications examined by Norman Drew Richards were allowed (83 resolved cases), compared with 69.7% across Art Unit 2800 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +14.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Norman Drew Richards took 1,236 days on average from filing to allowance.
Norman Drew Richards examines applications in Art Unit 2800 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).
