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Examiner Horlick Kenneth R

1681-HORLICK-KENNETH-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:1681 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Group:1680 — Nucleic acid assay, Combinatorial and Computational Chemistry, Combination Biology and Computer Science
Classes: 435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus
536 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Phone:(571) 272-0784
Email:ken.horlick@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr (Biolgy)
Service:34 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

36
3-Year Grant rate: 84% over 381 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 36th

With Examiner Horlick, you have a 84% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Horlick is an easier examiner and in the 36th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Horlick, 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 1681

Examiner Horlick's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1681 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Horlick 1.4
Art Unit 1681 1.8

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Horlick has granted 272 of 324 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 84%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Horlick has granted 49 of 57 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 86%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Horlick, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 2%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17831641 Separation Of Nucleic Acid Component Compounds On Zwitterionic Stationary Phases Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
19294044 Methods For Imaging And Analyzing A Cell In A Compartment Of A Fluidic Device Patented View
19297604 Biomarker For Detecting And Treating Type Ii Diabetes Patented View
19091172 Systems And Methods For Selective Dna Multiple Displacement Amplification Of A Dna Mixture; Patented View
19318315 Methods For Incubating And Analyzing A Cell In A Compartment Of A Fluidic Device Patented View
19318311 Methods For Detecting Intercellular Interactions Of Cells In A Compartment Of A Fluidic Device Patented View
18128764 Fret-Based Analytes Detection And Related Methods And Systems Patented View
17779351 Method And System For Detection Of Extraintestinal E. Coli Strains Pathogenic To Poultry Abandoned View
19029558 Methods And Systems For Analyzing Nucleic Acid Molecules Patented View
18027085 Linked Dual Barcode Insertion Constructs Patented View
19025566 Methods And Systems For Analyzing Nucleic Acid Molecules Patented View
19083328 Methods And Systems For Processing Polynucleotides Patented View
17825315 Methods For Detecting The Presence Or Absence Of A Chromosome Rearrangement In A Formalin-Fixed Paraffin Embedded (Ffpe) Sample With No Detectable Genomic Variant Associated With Cancer Patented View
17723494 Method For Constructing Second-Generation Sequencing Library Of Rna And Dna, And Second-Generation Sequencing Kit Abandoned View
18345676 Method Of Detecting And Quantifying Genomic And Gene Expression Alterations Using Rna Patented View
18243012 Methods To Detect A Silent Carrier Genotype Patented View
17347502 Detection Of Dna Sequences As Risk Factors For Hiv Infection Abandoned View
18347064 Methods For Species-Level Resolution Of Microorganisms Patented View
19047506 Probe-Based Analysis Of Nucleic Acids And Proteins Patented View
19249710 Sequencing Methods With Partitioning Patented View
17436513 High Accuracy Nanopore-Based Single Molecule Sequencing By Synthesis With Tagged Nucleotides Patented View
18104954 Methods And Compositions For Loading Of Polymerase Complexes Abandoned View
18350601 Immune Profiling Using Small Volume Blood Samples Patented View
18142512 Multiplexed Method For The Identification And Quantitation Of Minor Alleles And Polymorphisms Patented View
17269775 Compositions And Methods For Amplifying, Detecting Or Quantifying Human Cytomegalovirus Patented View
17718412 Enhanced Immune Cell Receptor Sequencing Methods Abandoned View
17816272 Nucleic Acid Rearrangement And Integration Analysis Abandoned View
19177401 Devices And Methods For Analyzing Biological Samples Patented View
19072459 Methods And Systems For Detecting Genetic Variants Patented View
18184928 Methods And Compositions For Sequencing Double Stranded Nucleic Acids Patented View
18625882 Methods And Systems For Analyzing Nucleic Acid Molecules Patented View
17755083 Thermally Responsive Conjugates For Dna Polymerase Inhibition Patented View
17257370 Methods For Detecting And Treating A Tumorigenic Phenotype Of The Liver Patented View
19014935 Method And Kit For Genotyping Of Multi-System Red Blood Cell (Rbc) Blood Group Based On Next-Generation Sequencing (Ngs) Patented View
18205795 Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer Patented View
17828686 Dna Construct For Sequencing And Method For Preparing The Same Patented View
17392531 Isothermal Methods For Amplifying Nucleic Acid Samples Abandoned View
18936839 Methods And Systems For Monitoring A Recipient Of An Allograft Patented View
17632710 Method And Apparatus For Single-Cell Analysis For Determining A Cell Trajectory Abandoned View
18958854 Sequencing A Target Sequence In A Cell Patented View
18320122 Methods And Arrays For Producing And Sequencing Monoclonal Clusters Of Nucleic Acid Patented View
17600526 Immobilization In Flow Cells Patented View
18367944 Method For The Analysis Of Minimal Residual Disease Patented View
17492318 Systems And Methods For Rapid Nucleic Acid Extraction, Purification And Analysis From Semen Patented View
18942162 Method Of Sequencing A Nucleic Acid Of Interest Patented View
18313277 Methods Of Labelling Nucleic Acids Using Variable Length Oligonucleotides Patented View
18900948 Method, Kit And System For End Labeling Of Nucleic Acids Patented View
18770298 Methods And Systems For Analyzing Nucleic Acid Molecules Patented View
16007795 Colorectal Cancer Associated Circulating Nucleic Acid Biomarkers Patented View
18111791 Colorimetric Detection Of Nucleic Acid Amplification Abandoned View

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