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| Art Unit: | 1776 — Gas and liquid contact apparatus |
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| Group: | 1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| Classes: |
210 — Liquid purification or separation 134 — Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 222 — Dispensing 137 — Fluid handling 209 — Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 114 — Ships 202 — Distillation: apparatus 239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 221 — Article dispensing 422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing |
| Phone: | (571) 272-1164 |
| Email: | robert.popovics@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg |
| Service: | 36 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 60% over 323 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Harder |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 72nd
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With Examiner Popovics, you have a 60% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Popovics is a harder examiner and in the 72nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Popovics, 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.
Examiner Popovics's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1776 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Popovics | 1.1 |
| Art Unit 1776 | 1.2 |
Examiner Popovics has granted 149 of 244 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 61%.
Examiner Popovics has granted 45 of 79 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 57%.
With Examiner Popovics, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17491606 | Container, Cartridge, Kit And Method For Slow Release Of Algaecide In Swimming Pools | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 18251713 | Screening Device For Use In Coarse Matter Screening Wells Of A Waste Water Treatment Plant | Patented | View | |
| 18460278 | Water Surface Floater Collecting Ship | Patented | View | |
| 18451758 | Suction Pool Cleaner | Patented | View | |
| 18210171 | Solid-Liquid Separator And Solid-Liquid Separation System | Abandoned | View | |
| 17901087 | Multi-Plate Or Laminated Screw Press | Patented | View | |
| 18550597 | Oil Filter With Two Filtrate Outlets And Vehicle Lubrication Circuit | Patented | View | |
| 17788258 | Storage And Gradual Release Of Storm Water With Mmvf | Patented | View | |
| 18665453 | Domed Or Raised Drain Inlet Strainers | Patented | View | |
| 18157042 | Roof Drain Attachment | Abandoned | View | |
| 18204839 | Drum Washer With Gravity Assist Drainage | Patented | View | |
| 18634434 | Device For Dewatering And Method Of Making Same | Patented | View | |
| 18689973 | Rotary Drum Filtering Machine For Algae Filtration | Patented | View | |
| 18309877 | Linear Or Trench Drain Systems | Patented | View | |
| 18547080 | Device For Extracting Foreign Matter In Fish Tank | Patented | View | |
| 18078485 | Trench Drains With Suspended Grates | Patented | View | |
| 18381808 | Regenerative Media Filter | Patented | View | |
| 18333779 | End Material Recovery Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 18195683 | Purification Method Of High Purity Isopropyl Alcohol Used In Semiconductor Cleaning Process | Patented | View | |
| 18251560 | Filter Element For Separating Solids From Liquids And Gases | Patented | View | |
| 18023790 | Pump Strainer With Pneumatic Cleaning | Abandoned | View | |
| 19240244 | Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst For Organic Pollutant Wastewater Treatment | Patented | View | |
| 18001483 | Resin Sheet With Large Number Of Wall-Like Projections Present In Parallel On One Surface | Abandoned | View | |
| 19241332 | Method Of Making A Filter With Ground Animal Bone Granules And Filtering Therewith | Patented | View | |
| 18385521 | Catch Basin Insert Stormwater Filtering Apparatus Having A Planar Frame And Geotextile Fabric Basket Supported Thereby For Debris And Trash Capture | Abandoned | View | |
| 17837281 | Water Inlet Protection System | Abandoned | View | |
| 17533840 | Turbine Exhaust Gas System Using Produced Water And Ozone Injection | Abandoned | View | |
| 17215840 | Water Treatment Device | Abandoned | View | |
| 18624414 | Skimmer Cover Assembly Method | Patented | View | |
| 17596806 | System And Method Of Decomposing Fluidic Product Having Particles | Patented | View | |
| 18625854 | Irrigation Water Recirculation System | Abandoned | View | |
| 17322016 | Drinking Straw | Abandoned | View | |
| 17837402 | Fast Installation Cap And Drain | Patented | View | |
| 16431965 | Filters Principally For Use In Connection With Swimming Pools And Spas | Patented | View | |
| 17926257 | Filter Panel With Lattice Support Structure For Filter Drum | Patented | View | |
| 18255642 | Tank Inlet Filters | Patented | View | |
| 18973029 | Fish Screen For Suction Strainer | Patented | View | |
| 18083505 | Algae Preventive Device | Abandoned | View | |
| 18409335 | Filter Arrangement And Half Coupling Element Comprising A Filter Arrangement | Patented | View | |
| 18384350 | Liquid Filtering Bag | Patented | View | |
| 18058792 | Microplastic Filter For Washing Machines Or Other Appliances | Patented | View | |
| 17927394 | Fiber Discfilter With Means Of Forming Grooves On The Surface Of Filter Cloths | Abandoned | View | |
| 17501384 | Electrolytic Biocide-Generating Unit With Circuit Cooling And Water Sealing | Patented | View | |
| 17950842 | Wastewater Heat Exchange System | Patented | View | |
| 18022214 | Standpipe Recirculation Systems For Material Removal Machines | Patented | View | |
| 18868525 | Underdrain Filtered Water Collection Systems With Winged Screen Diffusers | Patented | View | |
| 18258614 | Gravity Type Water-Purifying Device | Patented | View | |
| 17897892 | Filtration System For A Water Drainage System | Patented | View | |
| 19037298 | Disinfection Lamp With Underwater Light Projection Effect | Patented | View | |
| 18130457 | Industrialized Fish And Algae Farming System And Method With Recirculating Water | Patented | View |
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