Examiner: STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY

Analysis

Eric Anthony Starck is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3615. He has handled 38 resolved cases. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 63.2 percent, which indicates that a majority of applications reaching a final resolution are granted. This percentage provides a baseline for practitioners to evaluate their prospects for success in this specific art unit.

The median time to allowance is 1131 days. This duration represents the typical timeframe for successful applications to move from filing to issuance. Practitioners can use this 1131 day median to plan their prosecution strategy and manage client expectations regarding the speed of the process. The 38 resolved cases provide the historical context for this temporal metric.

The data also reveals an interview lift of 14.0 percent. This positive lift indicates that direct communication with the examiner correlates with an increased likelihood of securing an allowance. While the base allowance rate is 63.2 percent, the 14.0 percent lift suggests that interviews remain a beneficial tactical option. These combined metrics offer a data-grounded view of the examination environment in Art Unit 3615.