Examiner Cecil Terry K

1779-CECIL-TERRY-K

Employment Information

Art Unit:1779 — Liquid purification or separation
Group:1770 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
Classes: 210 — Liquid purification or separation
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
137 — Fluid handling
134 — Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
220 — Receptacles
248 — Supports
119 — Animal husbandry
423 — Chemistry of inorganic compounds
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
166 — Wells
Phone:(571) 272-1138
Email:terry.cecil@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:28 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

56
3-Year Grant rate: 74% over 371 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 56th

With Examiner Cecil, you have a 74% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Cecil is a medium examiner and in the 56th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Cecil, 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 1779

Examiner Cecil's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 1779 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Cecil 1.1
Art Unit 1779 1.8

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Cecil has granted 245 of 328 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 75%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Cecil has granted 31 of 43 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 72%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Cecil, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 4%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18117113 Water Treatment System Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18068340 Purification Device And Liquid Storage Tank Patented View
17608294 Method, System And Device For Liquid Treatment Patented View
18214746 Pressurization System For Portable Water Filters Abandoned View
17788736 Control Method For Ultrapure Water Producing Apparatus Patented View
17628193 Water Purifier And Control Valve For Use In Water Purifier Abandoned View
18365769 Sewage Purification Treatment Apparatus Capable Of Being Assembled In Prefabricated Way Patented View
18078371 Device For Detecting A Filter Loading Patented View
17585127 Residential Grey Water Recycling System Abandoned View
17732410 Submerged Water Desalination System With Product Water Pump Cavitation Protection Patented View
19178858 Modulating Cross Flow Filtering System Abandoned View
19061674 Combined Filter Element Mechanism Patented View
18238053 Water Supply And Distribution System On-Board An Aircraft And Method For Operating Such System With Low Maintenance Effort Patented View
17641405 Filter Assemblies, Depth Indicators, Torque-Limiting Fittings, Torque-Indicating Fittings, And Systems Incorporating The Same Patented View
18051500 Wastewater Specimen Collection System And Method Patented View
17775496 Filter, Metal Ion Removal Method, And Metal Ion Removal Device Patented View
17599261 Method For Purifying Protein Abandoned View
17612680 A Fabric Impregnated With Organosilane For Purification Of Liquids Abandoned View
18029727 Positive-Pressure Non-Agitating Liquid Filtration Patented View
19056917 Method And System For Controlling Salt Chlorine Generation And Salt Chlorine Generator Patented View
18496059 System And Method For Filtration Of Industrial And Mobile Fluids Patented View
15498022 Liquid Purification System Patented View
17796684 Hot And Cold Water Dispenser With Filter For Weekday And Sabbath And Method Patented View
18445091 Advanced And Full Flow Filtration Hybrid Filter Apparatus Abandoned View
18275136 Cartridge Attachment Structure And Cartridge Patented View
19228732 Versatile Physicochemical Water Treatment System And Method Patented View
17988175 Chargeable Water Purifier Abandoned View
17879290 Single-Hand-Operable Micro Water Purifier Patented View
16358454 System Including A Reuseable Oil Filter Patented View
19184453 Reverse Osmosis Systems Patented View
17976458 Water Purifying Apparatus And Refrigerator Having The Same Patented View
18508720 Portable Multimode Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Abandoned View
18492430 Modular Filtration Platform Patented View
17841474 Method For Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide Using A Body Of Water And A Suspended Platform Therefor Patented View
16763311 Examination Of A Reverse-Osmosis Device For The Usage With Dialysis Devices Patented View
17974458 Pool Water Filtration System And Related Methods Patented View
17831304 Liquid Aeration And Mixing Apparatus Float Mount For Wrap-Around Hand Rail And Grating Patented View
18761058 Pump-Based System For Wastewater Treatment Through Microorganism Biochemical Pathway Optimization Patented View
17282096 Multifilament For Palatable Beverage Extracting Woven Fabric Filter Abandoned View
18078922 Ozone Water Control Valve Abandoned View
17565639 Systems And Methods For Passively Dosing A Fluid With Consumable Additives Abandoned View
17692282 Systems And Methods For Point Of Use Water Modification Patented View
18247954 Water Purifier Patented View
18434634 Filter With Electrostatic Discharge Mitigation Sleeve Abandoned View
19023327 Connection Structure For Filtration Device Patented View
17204203 Porous Membrane Patented View
18107136 Flow Balancing Devices, Methods, And Systems Patented View
15734507 Computerized Control System For A Desalination Plant Patented View
17796294 Air Pressurized Water Purifier Abandoned View
18934248 Self Contained Modular Decentralized Point Of Use Fluid Treatment System Apparatus Patented View

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