Examiner Hwu June

1661-HWU-JUNE

Employment Information

Art Unit:1661 — Plants
Group:1660 — Asexually Reproduced Plant Varieties, Plants cultivars and transgenic plants
Classes: PLT — Plants
800 — Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
504 — Plant protecting and regulating compositions
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
Phone:(571) 272-0977
Email:june.hwu@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Horticulture
Service:26 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

5
3-Year Grant rate: 96% over 975 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 5th

With Examiner Hwu, you have a 96% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Hwu is an extremely easy examiner and in the 5th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Hwu, 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 1661

Examiner Hwu's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1661 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Hwu 0.8
Art Unit 1661 0.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Hwu has granted 925 of 958 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 97%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Hwu has granted 13 of 17 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 76%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Hwu, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 22%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
19217189 Floribunda Rose Plant Named 'korpoplol' Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18831136 Geum Plant Named 'macgeu050' Patented View
19187579 Pelargonium Plant Named 'klepz24789' Patented View
19208197 Hybrid Lavender Plant Named 'sens-M1' Patented View
19057128 Methods Of Improving Stress Tolerance, Growth And Yield In Plants Patented View
19030145 Hydrangea Plant Named 'hore9311' Patented View
19315655 Chamaecyparis Plant Named 'edengra 23' Patented View
19174184 Oyster Mushroom Variety Named 'wur Sf3' Patented View
19186398 Echinacea Plant Named 'tnechft' Patented View
19243676 Phalaenopsis Plant Named 'amaze' Patented View
19313647 Mandevilla Plant Named 'tvmd1232' Patented View
19313635 Mandevilla Plant Named 'tvmd1143' Patented View
18980088 Grapevine Plant Named 'ivc An1' Patented View
18774918 Dahlia Plant Named 'kledh22563' Patented View
18967936 Petunia Plant Named 'dpetcpfclc' Patented View
19243678 Phalaenopsis Plant Named 'coronado' Patented View
18784641 Cherry Tree Named 'v690630' Abandoned View
18977478 Shrub Rose Plant Named 'chewgoldrush' Patented View
18489982 Grapevine Plant Named ‘jb 12-24-E4-12’ Patented View
19087571 Hibiscus Plant Named 'tahi2025' Patented View
19053365 Strawberry Plant Named 'pe-14.250.070' Patented View
18831560 Gasteraloe Plant Named 'ovrocks15' Patented View
18809077 Clematis Plant Named 'violet Lampion' Patented View
18484961 Corylus Plant Named 'thompson' Patented View
19083810 Chionanthus Tree Named 'crmtf' Patented View
19194392 Haworthia Plant Named 'lizard King' Patented View
18831536 Aristeria Plant Named 'ovrocks13' Patented View
19235266 Murdannia Plant Named 'ec-Murd-2504' Patented View
18831575 Ceropegia Plant Named 'luuk' Patented View
18964969 Hydrangea Plant Named 'smnhplk' Patented View
18831410 Philodendron Plant Named 'whiwamin' Patented View
18831619 Nepeta Plant Named 'lemon Purrfection' Patented View
18964922 Calycanthus Plant Named 'prncfs' Patented View
18038427 Methods Of In Vitro Culturing Sphagnum Patented View
18910764 Cherry Plum Tree Named ‘farmer 8-04’ Patented View
18781821 Dianthus Plant Named 'kledp23382' Abandoned View
18768281 Petunia-Calibrachoa Hybrid Plant Named ‘kleca24829’ Abandoned View
19010890 Poinsettia Plant Named 'npcw24408' Patented View
18675224 Ilex Plant Named 'blho02' Abandoned View
18831571 Dianthus Plant Named 'whipped Cream' Patented View
19057187 Cotinus Plant Named ‘kolmagipur' Patented View
19070802 Fragaria Plant Named 'pgp182' Patented View
19240819 Mandevilla Plant Named 'qd-123' Patented View
18427484 Philodendron Plant Named “white Dragon Philodendron” Abandoned View
19240799 Mandevilla Plant Named 'qd-94' Patented View
19240756 Mandevilla Plant Named 'qd-36' Patented View
19054359 Petunia Plant Named 'dopetpotyel 25' Patented View
19054438 Petunia Plant Named 'dopetsurspabluvei' Patented View
19240782 Mandevilla Plant Named 'qd-80' Patented View
18988701 Strawberry Plant Named ‘emerald' Patented View

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