Listed by the USPTO as SMITH, NICHOLAS A
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1723 1752 1754 1794 1795 4100 4145
This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases
SMITH, NICHOLAS A works in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 1723. The profile records 921 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 63.6%, and a median of 1206 days to allowance. An interview lift of 31.5% indicates that interviews are associated with a meaningful improvement in prosecution outcomes for this docket.
The listed company experience includes Rolls-Royce plc, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Fishman Stewart PLLC, and Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP are the leading firms shown. Practitioners handling matters here may benefit from preparing a focused interview strategy and from studying these representative entities and firms for technology and procedural context.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17751054 | AIRCRAFT BATTERY SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | ROLLS-ROYCE PLC |
| 18788739 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18443543 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Kia Corporation |
| 18691115 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD | Non-Final OA | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| 18614001 | MICROCHIP ELECTROPHORESIS METHOD | Non-Final OA | SHIMADZU CORPORATION |
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Build Your Strategy63.6% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas A Smith were allowed (921 resolved cases), compared with 60.0% across Art Unit 1723 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +31.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Nicholas A Smith took 1,206 days on average from filing to allowance.
Nicholas A Smith examines applications in Art Unit 1723 in Tech Center 4100.
