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Examiner Kumar Vinod

1663-KUMAR-VINOD

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
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
549 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
210 — Liquid purification or separation
Phone:(571) 272-4445
Email:vinod.kumar@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr (Biolgy)
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

26
3-Year Grant rate: 88% over 587 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 26th

With Examiner Kumar, you have a 88% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kumar is an easier examiner and in the 26th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kumar, 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 Kumar's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1663 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Kumar 1.1
Art Unit 1663 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Kumar has granted 479 of 545 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Kumar has granted 35 of 42 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 83%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Kumar, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 6%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18414338 Soybean Cultivar 21380017 Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18115146 Alfalfa Variety C0317a3152 Patented View
18533974 Soybean Cultivar 21293313 Patented View
18393084 Soybean Cultivar 25110136 Patented View
18533833 Soybean Cultivar 24110539 Patented View
18542366 Soybean Cultivar 26141923 Patented View
18542114 Soybean Cultivar 23350216 Patented View
18542298 Soybean Cultivar 29160216 Patented View
18406569 Soybean Cultivar 27310013 Patented View
18534060 Soybean Cultivar 28380950 Patented View
18392622 Soybean Cultivar 20180207 Patented View
18533947 Soybean Cultivar 25404591 Patented View
18161685 Rice Cultivar Rt22j502 Patented View
18149050 Cotton Variety 21r649nrb3xf Patented View
18370786 Soybean Cultivar 29101919 Patented View
18499421 Soybean Variety 5pbzc14 Patented View
18051318 Stabilising Fatty Acid Compositions Abandoned View
18370767 Soybean Cultivar 27032100 Patented View
18499440 Soybean Variety 5pqfb59 Patented View
18492398 Soybean Cultivar 29390078 Patented View
18542379 Soybean Cultivar 27210540 Patented View
18679743 Modification Of Transcriptional Repressor Binding Site In Nf-Yc4 Promoter For Increased Protein Content And Resistance To Stress Patented View
18542342 Soybean Cultivar 24101944 Patented View
17258020 S-Methylmethionine-Rich Brassica Oleracea Plant Patented View
18563957 Plants Of The Species Beta Vulgaris With Resistance To Cercospora Patented View
18304966 Maize Hybrid X91t018 Patented View
18304868 Maize Hybrid X87t010 Patented View
18304942 Maize Hybrid X11t092 Patented View
18304408 Maize Hybrid X12t104 Patented View
18304436 Maize Hybrid X02t040 Patented View
18304731 Maize Hybrid X17t132 Patented View
18304605 Maize Hybrid X16t126 Patented View
18319345 Inbred Corn Line Cb18718y1 Patented View
18167547 Soybean Variety 5pdqh06 Patented View
18512898 Compositions And Methods Useful For The Regulation Of Abiotic Stress Responses In Higher Plants Patented View
18066348 Wheat Variety 6pvks36b Patented View
18300555 Maize Inbred 1pwew24 Patented View
18066312 Wheat Variety 6pkus30b Patented View
18300704 Maize Inbred 1pwrr07 Patented View
18167276 Soybean Variety 5pmat27 Patented View
18240917 Lettuce Cultivar Paulie Abandoned View
18167499 Soybean Variety 5pamr54 Patented View
18167173 Soybean Variety 5pdmk81 Patented View
18066443 Wheat Variety 6ppjq62b Patented View
18300548 Maize Inbred 1pktj53 Patented View
18300467 Maize Inbred 1pjdt82 Patented View
18300449 Maize Inbred 1phvf50 Patented View
18167368 Soybean Variety 5pvlj28 Patented View
18300418 Maize Inbred 1ppak61 Patented View
18300411 Maize Inbred 1pjpg58 Patented View

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