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Examiner Sullivan Brian J

1663-SULLIVAN-BRIAN-J

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
506 — Combinatorial chemistry technology: method, library, apparatus
Phone:(571) 272-0561
Email:brian.sullivan1@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr (Biolgy)
Service:6 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

59
3-Year Grant rate: 71% over 108 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 59th

With Examiner Sullivan, you have a 71% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Sullivan is a medium examiner and in the 59th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

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

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Sullivan 1.5
Art Unit 1663 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Sullivan has granted 67 of 89 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 75%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Sullivan has granted 10 of 19 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 53%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Sullivan, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 29%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18241156 Soybean Cultivar 27330635 Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17795409 Compositions And Methods Based On Pmt Engineering For Producing Tobacco Plants And Products Having Altered Alkaloid Levels Abandoned View
17040703 Fad2 Genes And Mutations Patented View
17284331 Composition For Promoting Plant Growth Comprising Yxal Protein Or Homologous Protein Thereof, And Method For Mass Production Of Yxal Protein Patented View
18304650 Maize Hybrid X06t066 Patented View
18300587 Maize Inbred 1ppfs42 Patented View
18167346 Soybean Variety 5pzhv55 Patented View
18304976 Maize Hybrid X11t094 Patented View
18304953 Maize Hybrid X11t093 Patented View
18304398 Maize Hybrid X12t102 Patented View
18163549 Cotton Variety 11pjuw91 Abandoned View
18300416 Maize Inbred 1pagk07 Patented View
17788923 A Plant Fertility-Associated Protein And Its Application Thereof Patented View
18120083 Soybean Cultivar 3294180 Patented View
18120048 Soybean Cultivar 3294717 Patented View
17638647 Brassica Juncea Line Nubj1207 Patented View
18073489 Plants And Seeds Of Corn Variety Cv940176 Patented View
18300456 Maize Inbred 1pktw19 Patented View
18098145 Hybrid Corn Plant And Seed R3214 Patented View
18613334 Soybean Variety Cl1945514 Patented View
18300415 Maize Inbred 1plub62 Patented View
18300414 Maize Inbred 1pmru38 Patented View
17709128 Process For Producing Extracted Lipid Comprising Docosahexaenoic Acid Patented View
16813919 Modified Cullin1 Gene Patented View
17989221 Soybean Variety 01094763 Abandoned View
17989553 Soybean Variety 01094771 Abandoned View
17985229 Soybean Variety 01094688 Abandoned View
16646999 Multiplex Production And Barcoding Of Genetically Engineered Cells Patented View
17808749 Maize Hybrid X13v194 Patented View
18073858 Plants And Seeds Of Corn Variety Cv900790 Patented View
17047946 Improving Agronomic Characteristics In Maize By Modification Of Endogenous Mads Box Transcription Factors Patented View
18613284 Soybean Variety Cl1923940 Patented View
18071612 Plants And Seeds Of Hybrid Corn Variety Ch010431 Patented View
17986945 Plants And Seeds Of Corn Variety Cv864494 Patented View
18050791 Plant Regulatory Elements And Uses Thereof Patented View
16630158 Materials And Methods For Efficient Targeted Knock In Or Gene Replacement Patented View
17946300 Soybean Cultivar 11130128 Patented View
17990845 Soybean Variety 01094799 Abandoned View
17434206 Method For Cultivating Plant Resistant To Gray Leaf Spot Abandoned View
15536336 Restoration Of Male Fertility In Wheat Abandoned View
17993394 Pepper Hybrid Svps2762 And Parents Thereof Patented View
17585623 Soybean Variety Cl1923819 Patented View
18501949 Compositions And Methods For Genome Editing In Planta Patented View
17807585 Maize Inbred 1ptbj78 Patented View
15571510 Methods And Compositions For The Production Of Unreduced, Non-Recombined Gametes And Clonal Offspring Abandoned View
17929678 Bacterial Genes And Isolates For Conferring Insect Resistance Abandoned View
17808687 Maize Hybrid X75v483 Patented View
17808713 Maize Hybrid X90v911 Patented View
18051048 Hybrid Tomato Variety 72-Ch0355 Rz Abandoned View
17587964 Alfalfa Variety R414w279 Patented View

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