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Examiner Kruse David H

1663-KRUSE-DAVID-H

Employment Information

Art Unit:1663 — Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
Group:1660 — Asexually Reproduced Plant Varieties, Plants cultivars and transgenic plants
Classes: 800 — Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
504 — Plant protecting and regulating compositions
424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
399 — Electrophotography
514 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
544 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Phone:(571) 272-0799
Email:david.kruse@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Btny
Service:26 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

43
3-Year Grant rate: 81% over 521 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 43rd

With Examiner Kruse, you have a 81% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kruse is a medium examiner and in the 43rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kruse, 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 1663

Examiner Kruse's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1663 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Kruse 1.2
Art Unit 1663 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Kruse has granted 370 of 448 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 83%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Kruse has granted 50 of 73 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 68%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Kruse, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 18%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18397092 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010529 Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18389999 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010448 Patented View
18397173 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010507 Patented View
18391857 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010464 Patented View
18535387 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010462 Patented View
18392892 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010568 Patented View
18391119 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010447 Patented View
18535337 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010523 Patented View
18393033 Soybean Cultivar 28270206 Patented View
17468335 Mutated Protoporphyrinogen Ix Oxidase (Ppx) Genes Patented View
18519974 Hybrid Sweet Corn Plant Named Seabright Patented View
18533989 Soybean Cultivar 22281783 Patented View
18533792 Soybean Cultivar 26260102 Patented View
18370736 Soybean Cultivar 21130721 Patented View
18464506 Dionaea Plant 'croc' Patented View
18518995 Soybean Variety 01106153 Patented View
18370759 Soybean Cultivar 23060100 Patented View
17578807 Indigo Plant Populations With High Indican Content Abandoned View
18304416 Maize Hybrid X13r119 Patented View
18304412 Maize Hybrid X12t105 Patented View
18458171 Flammlina Filiformis "jin Jin No.1" With Fruiting Body Of Golden Cap And White Stipe Patented View
18401387 Wheat Cultivar 01095241 Patented View
18401397 Wheat Cultivar 01102460 Patented View
18401391 Wheat Cultivar 01102466 Patented View
18401412 Wheat Cultivar 01102443 Patented View
18753976 Cotton Transgenic Event Mon 88702 And Methods For Detection And Uses Thereof Abandoned View
18401415 Wheat Cultivar 01102441 Patented View
17878492 Peronospora Resistance In Spinacia Oleracea Patented View
18248774 Cannabis Plant With Increased Cannabichromenic Acid Abandoned View
17451897 Maize Hybrid X90p471 Abandoned View
17805704 Novel Insecticidal Proteins And Methods For Their Use Abandoned View
18304430 Maize Hybrid X01t039 Patented View
17992319 Soybean Variety 01098117 Patented View
18304507 Maize Hybrid X04t050 Patented View
18304792 Maize Hybrid X09t078 Patented View
18304856 Maize Hybrid X86t009 Patented View
18305135 Maize Hybrid X98t033 Patented View
18304517 Maize Hybrid X04t051 Patented View
18304448 Maize Hybrid X13t110 Patented View
18305043 Maize Hybrid X95t023 Patented View
18097146 Endophytes, Associated Compositions, And Methods Of Use Abandoned View
18304720 Maize Hybrid X17t131 Patented View
18322003 Inbred Corn Line Kw7fp1866 Patented View
18304910 Maize Hybrid X10t089 Patented View
18304579 Maize Hybrid X16t125 Patented View
17259851 Filantherless African Violet And Methods Of Breeding Thereof Abandoned View
18367668 Soybean Cultivar 24310133 Patented View
17273858 Improved Method For The Production Of High Levels Of Pufa In Plants Patented View
18243585 Soybean Cultivar 28380239 Patented View
18241082 Soybean Cultivar 26040316 Patented View

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