Examiner Menon Krishnan S

1777-MENON-KRISHNAN-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:1777 — Liquid purification or separation
Group:1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
Classes: 210 — Liquid purification or separation
604 — Surgery
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
429 — Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
252 — Compositions
Phone:(571) 272-1143
Email:krishnan.menon@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:24 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

59
3-Year Grant rate: 72% over 502 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 59th

With Examiner Menon, you have a 72% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Menon 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 Menon, 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 1777

Examiner Menon's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1777 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Menon 1.5
Art Unit 1777 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Menon has granted 266 of 359 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 74%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Menon has granted 96 of 143 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 67%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Menon, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 9%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
16574874 Techniques For Dialysis Based On Relative Blood Volume Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17776965 Methods For Treating Porous Membranes Patented View
16491650 Permeable Graphene And Permeable Graphene Membranes Abandoned View
18564014 Drinking Water Dispenser With Ultraviolet Disinfection Device Patented View
18245558 Assembly Comprising A Center-Fluid Distributor And A Multi-Fiber Spinneret Patented View
17628428 Method And System For Preparing Dialysis Fluid From Raw Water Abandoned View
18276055 Preparation Method For High-Moisture-Permeability Fluorine-Containing Super-Oleophobic Microporous Membrane Patented View
18254054 Pillar Structures Patented View
18500688 Backflow-Preventing Filter Module Patented View
18406169 Integrated Water Supply And Power System Patented View
18239346 Method For Manufacturing Oxygenator Patented View
18277882 Roller For Chain And Scraper Assembly Patented View
18025788 Wearable Hemofiltration Artificial Kidney Patented View
18525085 Air Filter Medium, Pleated Filter Medium, Air Filter Unit, Mask Filter Medium, And Method For Regenerating Air Filter Medium Patented View
17616523 Fine Particle Aggregation Method And Apparatus Abandoned View
18024423 Ultrasound Device For Destruction Of Organic Chemicals Patented View
17926638 Hollow Fiber Membrane For Separating Blood Plasma From Blood Patented View
17572773 Lithium Extraction Composite For Recovery Of Lithium From Brines, And Process Of Using Said Composition Patented View
18257230 Reverse Osmosis Composite Membrane With An Ultrathin Desalting Layer And Preparation Method Thereof Patented View
18195722 Porous Membrane Including Perfluoroalkoxy Alkane (Pfa)-Based Melt-Extruded Film And Having Pores Controlled By Biaxial Stretching, And Manufacturing Method Therefor Patented View
18075321 Hemodialysis System Reservoir Level Sensor Patented View
18165834 Over Flow Box Filter Abandoned View
17613731 Ultrapure Water Production System And Method Of Producing Ultrapure Water Abandoned View
19304453 Cleaning Device Patented View
17777407 Thermocouple-Based Distillation Module And Method Patented View
18333663 Triamine-Functionalized Mcm-41-Based Filtration Membrane Patented View
18013332 Composite Hollow Fiber Membrane Module And Method For Producing Same Abandoned View
17924298 Ceramic Membrane Technology For Molecule-Range Separation Patented View
17425380 Apparatus For An Extracorporeal Blood Treatment Patented View
17993289 Methods And Systems For The Separation Of Metal Ions From An Aqueous Feed Abandoned View
18643122 Apparatus And Methods For Solution Processing Patented View
18797358 Treating Circulating Cell Clusters Patented View
18016003 Spiral Wound Multi-Effect Membrane Distillation Module Patented View
18174926 Systems And Methods For Inducing Plug Flow During Fluid Separation Using Air Patented View
18093650 Structure For Appliance Water Filter Patented View
18588284 Extracorporeal Device And Method For Removal Of Secondary Membrane Patented View
17927541 Oil And Water Separation Membrane Abandoned View
17821661 Oil Extraction Apparatus Abandoned View
17766069 Simplified Fluid Connection And Membrane Filter Abandoned View
17924297 A Semi-Crystalline Polymer Membrane Abandoned View
18050011 Process For Preparing Extracellular Vesicles Patented View
17338321 Membrane With Enhanced Potting Material Abandoned View
18652528 Hollow Fiber Membrane And Method For Closing The Same Patented View
18408133 Electrodialysis Stack Patented View
17311883 Water Treatment Device Abandoned View
17321128 Methods And Systems For Processing A Cell Culture Abandoned View
17911895 Extracorporeal Treatment Of Covid-19 Abandoned View
17994686 Process For Obtaining Polyamide Membrane With Nanostructured Coating, Membranes And Use Patented View
17879884 Filter Cleaning Device Abandoned View
17799809 Improved Systems, And Methods Of Solventless Extraction Of Cannabinoid Compounds Abandoned View

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