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Examiner Ryan Douglas C

1635-RYAN-DOUGLAS-C

Employment Information

Art Unit:1635 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Group:1630 — Stem cells and cell culture and Nucleic Acid related therapy
Classes: 435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
514 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
536 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus
424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
800 — Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
530 — Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof
Phone:(571) 272-8406
Email:douglas.ryan@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr (Biology)
Service:4 years
Grade:GS-09

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

93
3-Year Grant rate: 21% over 29 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 93rd

With Examiner Ryan, you have a 21% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ryan is an extremely hard examiner and in the 93rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ryan, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 1635

Examiner Ryan's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1635 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Ryan 2.3
Art Unit 1635 1.6

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Ryan has granted 5 of 23 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 22%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Ryan has granted 1 of 6 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 17%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Ryan, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 23%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18025663 Methods For Engineering Chromosomal Architecture For Gene Expression Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
17090766 Systems And Methods For Plant Genome Editing Using Cas 12a Orthologs Patented View
17618859 Treatment And Prevention Of Disease Mediated By Wwp2 Abandoned View
16471680 Methods For Increasing The Efficiency Of Homology Directed Repair (Hdr) In The Cellular Genome Abandoned View
17053629 Differential Knockout Of An Allele Of A Heterozygous Elane Gene Patented View
18781640 Rna-Guided Nucleases And Active Fragments And Variants Thereof And Methods Of Use Patented View
17355608 Apoptosis Resistant Cell Lines Abandoned View
18957819 Transcription Factor Ncgl0581 Mutant And Use Thereof In L-Serine Detection Patented View
17542108 Compositions And Methods For Recombinant Nerve Growth Factor Abandoned View
18620640 A Method For The Isolation Of Double-Strand Breaks Patented View
17344590 Animal Cell, Method For Producing Animal Cell, And Method For Producing Target Protein Abandoned View
18620644 Method For The Isolation Of Double-Strand Breaks Patented View
17251975 Method For Producing Selenoneine Patented View
16238386 Negative Selection And Stringency Modulation In Continuous Evolution Systems Patented View
17610974 Synthetic Genome Patented View
18715637 Recombinant Collagen And Preparation Method And Use Thereof Patented View
18493307 Synthetic Genome Patented View
17501421 High-Efficacy Crispri System And Strong Synthetic Promoters For Alphaproteobacteria And Gammaproteobacteria Patented View
17012359 Organisms And Methods For Producing Glycomolecules With Low Sulfation Abandoned View
18168357 Compositions And Methods For Producing Circular Polyribonucleotides Patented View
16535565 Alternative Nucleotide Flows In Sequencing-By-Synthesis Methods Patented View
18915035 Efficient Synthesis And Assembly Method For Large Fragment Dna Based On Programmable Nuclease Argonaute Patented View
17382945 Methods For Nomination Of Nuclease On-/off-Target Editing Locations, Designated "ctl-Seq" (Crispr Tag Linear-Seq) Abandoned View
17464691 Novel Tracrrna System For Cas9 Abandoned View
17368369 Non-Toxic Cas9 Enzyme And Application Thereof Abandoned View
17042170 Genetic Screening Method Of Negative Regulatory Factors Of Streptomyces Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Abandoned View
17355638 Tunneling Nanotube Cells And Methods Of Use Thereof For Delivery Of Biomolecules Abandoned View
17440777 Fusion Protein For Enhancing Gene Editing And Use Thereof Abandoned View
17203129 Natural Guide Architectures And Methods Of Making And Using The Same Abandoned View
18332464 Guide Rna With Chemical Modifications Abandoned View
17214839 Method For Creating Reference Cell Lines With Simultaneous Genetic Variants And Accurate Quantification Of Alelle Frequency Abandoned View
18037065 Fluorescent Fusion Based Heterologous Peptide Production Patented View
16073005 Means And Methods For Selecting Transformed Cells Abandoned View
18321475 Synthetic Genome Abandoned View
17005241 Assessment Of Polygenic Trait Risk Via Trait Components And Applications Thereof Patented View
16943690 Vaginal And Fecal Microbiome Biomarkers For Predicting Bovine Reproductive Traits Abandoned View
17256441 Constitutively Active Form Of Myb46 Patented View
17819137 Programmable Nucleases And Methods Of Use Abandoned View
18495420 Non-Toxic Cas9 Enzyme And Application Thereof Abandoned View
17842966 Analysis Of Nucleic Acids Associated With Single Cells Using Nucleic Acid Barcodes Abandoned View
16402626 Analysis Of Nucleic Acids Associated With Single Cells Using Nucleic Acid Barcodes Abandoned View
17483800 Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators (Gecis) And Methods Of Making And Using Patented View
17250733 Improved Forensic Methods And Products For Extracting And Amplifying Trace Dna For Dna Sequencing Abandoned View
16938377 Bacterial Colicin-Immunity Protein Protein Purification System Patented View
18049750 Molecular Marker For Identifying Poultry Laying Traits Based On Ovr Gene And Identification Method And Application Thereof Abandoned View
17558994 Rnase H2 Mutants That Reduce Primer Dimers And Off-Target Amplification In Rhpcr-Based Amplicon Sequencing With High-Fidelity Dna Polymerases Patented View
18069752 Methods And Compositions For Protein Synthesis And Secretion Abandoned View
17162075 Suppression Of Shade Avoidance Response In Plants Patented View
17377805 Expression System Abandoned View
16626805 Microorganism With Stabilized Copy Number Of Functional Dna Sequence And Associated Methods Abandoned View

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