Examiner Joseph Cullen Merchlinsky
Examiner Joseph Cullen Merchlinsky appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 2 years (2025-2026)
- Phone
- (571) 272-2260
- Predicted Supervisor
- Nikki Dees
- Supervisor Phone
- (571) 270-3435
- Tech Center
- 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Group
- 1790 - Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 53
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 53
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- March 2026 (2 months ago)
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 39 | 21.3% | 2.36 |
| Group | 307 | 37.1% | 2.11 |
| Tech Center | 1,713 | 47.3% | 2.14 |
| USPTO | 16,116 | 54.8% | 1.98 |
Grant Timeline
Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.
| Year | Applications | Granted | Grant Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| No observed data before 2025; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2025 | 30 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026 | 23 | 0 | 0.0% |
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53 | 0.0% | 5.7% | 86.8% | 0.0% |
| 2 | 22 | 0.0% | 9.1% | 86.4% | 4.5% |
| 3 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| 4 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |