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Examiner Sharma Santosh

1663-SHARMA-SANTOSH

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
Phone:(571) 272-8440
Email:santosh.sharma@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr (Biolgy)
Service:4 years
Grade:GS-11

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

86
3-Year Grant rate: 41% over 17 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 86th

With Examiner Sharma, you have a 41% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Sharma is a very hard examiner and in the 86th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

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

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Sharma 1.8
Art Unit 1663 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Sharma has granted 4 of 12 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 33%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Sharma has granted 3 of 5 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 60%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Sharma, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 82%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18167383 Soybean Variety 5prcd26 Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18397470 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010518 Patented View
17979700 Soybean Variety 01094695 Patented View
19201636 Insecticidal Proteins Compositions And Methods Of Use Patented View
18542043 Soybean Cultivar 23140546 Patented View
18167336 Soybean Variety 5phzm58 Abandoned View
18507965 Watermelon Variety Nun 32002 Wmw Patented View
18507874 Watermelon Variety Nun 32010 Wmw Patented View
17594386 Embryogenesis Factors For Cellular Reprogramming Of A Plant Cell Patented View
18167254 Soybean Variety 5ptvz65 Abandoned View
17317596 Plant Vectors, Compositions And Uses Relating Thereto Abandoned View
17587184 Soybean Variety 5puuz61 Patented View
18266773 Onion Processed Product And Method For Producing Same Abandoned View
17623592 Glutamine Synthetase Mutant Having Glufosinate Resistance And Application Thereof And Cultivation Method Therefor Patented View
17596462 A Method For Breeding New Purple-Orange Chinese Cabbage Germplasm Patented View
18270366 Herbicide Resistant Cannabis Plant Abandoned View
17979719 Soybean Variety 01093014 Patented View
17979704 Soybean Variety 01094692 Patented View
18304668 Maize Hybrid X06t067 Patented View
18072608 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010376 Patented View
18072610 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010402 Patented View
17309153 Method Of Modulating The Alkaloid Content Of A Plant Patented View
18300698 Maize Inbred 1ppnv55 Patented View
17115424 Polynucleotide Sequences And Proteins Encoded Thereby Useful For Modifying Plant Characteristics Patented View
17534993 Methods And Compositions For Modifying Phenotypes Of Plants Expressing Fatty Acid Transgenes And Reduced Expression Of Badc Genes Abandoned View
17624173 Novel Genetic Loci Associated With Rust Resistance In Soybeans Patented View
17587142 Soybean Variety 5pcla69 Abandoned View
17587177 Soybean Variety 5pamz00 Abandoned View
17628759 Tolerance To Tolcndv In Cucumber Patented View
17776005 Method For Introducing Genome Editing Enzyme Into Plant Cell Using Plasma Abandoned View
17291990 Method To Obtain Low Triterpene/triterpenoid-Containing Natural Rubber Latex Patented View
17979202 Soybean Variety 01091614 Patented View
18470831 Modulating Light Response Pathways In Plants, Increasing Light-Related Tolerances In Plants, And Increasing Biomass In Plants Patented View
16958098 Barley With Increased Hydrolytic Enzyme Activity Patented View
17632435 Methods And Compositions To Promote Targeted Genome Modifications Using Huh Endonucleases Patented View
17679509 Methods And Compositions For Modifying Root Architecture In Plants Patented View
17614158 Downy Mildew Resistant Spinach Plant Patented View
17914647 Gene-Edited Basil Plants Resistant To Downy Mildew Patented View
17617601 Cloning And Use Of Arachis Hypogaea L. Flowering Habit Gene Ahfh1 And Allelic Variants Thereof Abandoned View
17975440 Wheat Cultivar 01092989 Patented View
17277131 Genome Edited Fine Mapping And Causal Gene Identification Abandoned View
17956267 Soybean Cultivar 10320519 Patented View
18278283 Brassica Plants With Increased Locules Patented View
17591057 Increasing Trichome Density And Improving Transport Of Metabolites In Plant Trichomes Patented View
17807634 Maize Inbred 1phey73 Patented View
17288509 Expression Modulating Elements And Methods Of Use Patented View
17431119 Clubroot Resistant Brassica Plants Patented View
17975389 Wheat Cultivar 01095133 Patented View
17939705 Soybean Cultivar 12410644 Patented View
18057860 Modified Excisable Das68416-4 Soybean Transgenic Herbicide Resistance Locus Patented View

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