Listed by the USPTO as WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3611 3617
This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases
WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM is assigned to art unit 3611 in tech center 3600. The record covers 45 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 68.9% and a median of 1247 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 27.1% lift, making interview preparation a potentially useful part of prosecution strategy for matters handled in this docket.
The leading company filers are ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Deere & Company. The leading firms are Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (WA), Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat, and CROWELL & MORING LLP. Practitioners working with this examiner can use the company and firm mix to identify relevant prosecution experience and assess how interview practice may fit within the expected path to allowance.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18003419 | Modular Electric Power Steering System | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 18586823 | COUPLING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR | Final Rejection | DEERE & COMPANY |
| 18934969 | SNOWMOBILE REAR SUSPENSION | Non-Final OA | BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. |
| 18885213 | ANTI-RATTLE DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | Non-Final OA | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. |
| 18889455 | PLANETARY BELT DRIVE SYSTEM FOR TORQUE OVERLAY | Non-Final OA | ZF CV Systems Global GmbH |
| 18888280 | MODULAR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT WITH BEVEL INPUT FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | Non-Final OA | ZF CV Systems Global GmbH |
| 18286952 | Power Steering Assembly With Targeted and Adjustable Compensation of Roadside Shock Pulses to the Steering Gear and Method for Designing a Power Steering Assembly | Final Rejection | KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH |
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Build Your Strategy68.9% of resolved applications examined by Nathaniel William Watkins were allowed (45 resolved cases), compared with 67.1% across Art Unit 3611 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +27.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Nathaniel William Watkins took 1,247 days on average from filing to allowance.
Nathaniel William Watkins examines applications in Art Unit 3611 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
