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Examiner Rioja Melissa A

1764-RIOJA-MELISSA-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:1764 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
Group:1760 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
Classes: 521 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
528 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
600 — Surgery
527 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
427 — Coating processes
525 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
523 — Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 series
451 — Abrading
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
Phone:(571) 270-3305
Email:melissa.rioja@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Org Chem
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

78
3-Year Grant rate: 54% over 331 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 78th

With Examiner Rioja, you have a 54% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Rioja is a harder examiner and in the 78th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Rioja, 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 1764

Examiner Rioja's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1764 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Rioja 2.3
Art Unit 1764 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Rioja has granted 130 of 252 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 52%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Rioja has granted 48 of 79 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 61%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Rioja, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 17%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18093224 Reduced Manufacturing Cycle Time Of Polymer-Based Aerogel Materials And Method Of Forming Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18637180 Syntactic Foam Pressure Housing Patented View
17649505 Porous Polyurethane Particle Composition And Methods Thereof Patented View
17795082 Process For Producing An Ether Esterol Abandoned View
18023278 Phenolic Foam Abandoned View
18042380 Dielectric Material And Manufacturing Method Thereof Patented View
17639666 Rigid Polyurethane Foam Made With A Hydrocarbon Blowing Agent And 1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluorobut-2-Ene Patented View
17995384 Reaction System For Preparing Polymer Polyol And Method For Preparing Polymer Polyol Patented View
16622462 Flexible Polyurethane Foams Having Improved Air Permeability Patented View
18004420 Foamed Body, Foamed Sheet, Manufacture, And Method For Producing Foamed Body Abandoned View
18002734 Viscoelastic Elastomeric Polyurethane Foams, Process For Preparing Them And Use Thereof Patented View
17912875 Domestic Appliance Patented View
17594669 Yellowing-Resistant Thermoplastic Polyurethane Foam Material And Preparation Method Thereof Abandoned View
17429536 Amine Composition Useful For Making Stable Polyurethane Foam Systems Abandoned View
17995157 Thermally Expandable Microspheres Prepared From Bio-Based Monomers Abandoned View
17469646 Composition For Manufacturing Polyurethane Foam With A Low Content Of A Volatile Organic Compound, And A Method Of Manufacturing Polyurethane Using Same Abandoned View
18027543 Super Absorbent Polymer And Preparation Method Thereof Patented View
18014593 Polyol Composition Using Glucose-Containing Saccharide Composition, And Polyurethane Foam Including Same Patented View
17625608 Polyurethane Foam With Improved Combustion Behavior Abandoned View
17909899 Cold-Stable Nco Prepolymers, Method For The Preparation And Use Thereof Abandoned View
18484160 Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Products And Methods Of Making The Same Abandoned View
16899883 Shaped Pu Foam Articles Patented View
17802228 Foamable Polyurethane Resin Composition And Foamed Polyurethane Elastomer Abandoned View
17625114 Amino Diphenylamine-Started Polyether Polyols, Methods For Their Production, And Flexible Polyurethane Foams Produced Using Such Polyols Abandoned View
17258242 Elastomeric Polyurethane Foams And Methods For Producing The Same Abandoned View
17463945 Processes For Producing Filled Polyol Compositions Abandoned View
17045263 Functional Fluoropolymers Patented View
16962947 Super Absorbent Polymer And Method For Preparing Same Patented View
17606378 Engine And/or Aggregate Capsule Abandoned View
17463969 Filled Polyol Compositions That Include A Triazole Abandoned View
17778456 Polyurethane Rigid Foam Patented View
17800297 Polyurethane Insulating Foams And Production Thereof Abandoned View
18244008 Highly Branched Non-Crosslinked Aerogel, Methods Of Making, And Uses Thereof Patented View
17417020 Foamed Composition Patented View
17788315 Flexible Foam Abandoned View
16480578 Hfo Containing Pu Formulation Patented View
17596331 Polyurethane Compositions, Products Prepared With Same And Preparation Methods Thereof Abandoned View
18119902 Articles Made From Hydrophilic Thermoplastic Polyurethane Compositions Patented View
17288026 Polyurethane Foams With Reduced Aromatic Amine Content Patented View
17562514 Open Cell Polyurethane Flame-Retardant Foams Patented View
16769562 Antioxidant For Low-Density Polyurethane Foam Patented View
17591648 Recycling Of Superabsorbent Fibers Via Uv Irradiation In Flow System Patented View
17608530 Compatibilized Blends Of Terephalate Ester Polyols And Hydrocarbon Blowing Agents Abandoned View
17418307 Brominated Flame Retardants And Polyurethanes Containing The Same Patented View
17971800 Filled Silicone Foam Layer, Compositions And Methods For Their Manufacture, And Articles Including The Filled Silicone Foam Layer Patented View
18353235 Aromatic Polyester Polyether Polyurethane Panels And Useful Materials Comprising Same Abandoned View
15736994 Method For Producing A Rigid Polyurethane Foam Patented View
17779939 Foamed Polyurethane Compositions Abandoned View
17787781 Soft, Washable Polyurethane Foam With Slow Recovery Time Patented View
17783749 Composition For Forming Polyurethane Foam Abandoned View

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