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Examiner Keeling Alexander W

1795-KEELING-ALEXANDER-W

Employment Information

Art Unit:1795 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Group:1790 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
Classes: 204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
122 — Liquid heaters and vaporizers
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
502 — Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making
210 — Liquid purification or separation
114 — Ships
Phone:(571) 272-9961
Email:alexander.keeling@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:12 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

78
3-Year Grant rate: 53% over 277 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 78th

With Examiner Keeling, you have a 53% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Keeling 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 Keeling, 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 1795

Examiner Keeling's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1795 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Keeling 2.3
Art Unit 1795 1.9

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Keeling has granted 89 of 186 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 48%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Keeling has granted 57 of 91 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 63%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Keeling, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 31%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17998415 Electro-Oxidative Metal Removal Accompanied By Particle Contamination Mitigation In Semiconductor Processing Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18092847 Alternating Current Electrolysis System, And Method And Device For Controlling The Same Patented View
17815149 Cathode Electrode, Composite Of Cathode Electrode And Substrate, And Method Of Manufacturing Composite Of Cathode Electrode And Substrate Patented View
18315180 Method Of Water Oxidation With A Coated Photoanode Abandoned View
17980501 Operation Support Method, Operation Support Device, Operation Support System, And Operation Support Program Patented View
18058857 Helix Electrode For Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Abandoned View
17560979 Water Splitting Catalyst Patented View
17381137 Layered Double Hydroxide, Catalyst For Water Electrolysis Cell, Water Electrolysis Cell, Water Electrolyzer, And Method For Manufacturing Layered Double Hydroxide Abandoned View
17608713 Electrocatalysts Synthesized Under Co2 Electroreduction And Related Methods And Uses Abandoned View
17781880 Cation-Exchange Membrane With Improved Monovalent Selectivity, Manufacturing And Uses Thereof In Electrodialysis Abandoned View
19012161 Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Active-Passive-Confined Compression-Cast Reinforced Concrete Column Incorporating Cathodic Protection Patented View
17899218 Cathodic Protection Of Concrete Using An Anode Attached To An Outer Surface. Patented View
17784630 Electrolysis Electrode Abandoned View
18129402 Non-Gas-Emitting Electrodes For Use In Electrodialysis And Electrodionization Desalination Systems Patented View
18041835 Composite Membrane Patented View
18054756 Method Of Detecting Short Circuit In Water Electrolyzer, Method Of Generating Hydrogen, And Water Electrolyzer Patented View
17620738 Electrochemically Activated Persulfate For Advanced Oxidation Processes Patented View
17793580 Galvanostatic Method Of Microbe Removal From Metal Orthopedic Devices Abandoned View
17663798 Water Heater Life Extender Abandoned View
19181405 Smart Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Shape Memory Alloy Bar Reinforced Concrete Structure Integrating Cathodic Protection, Force Sensing, And Bearing Capacity Self-Adjustment Patented View
17609999 Electrode For Electrolysis Patented View
17159540 Integration Center And Application For Anti-Corrosion Modules And Installation Method For Anti-Corrosive Protection Of Metallic Surfaces Abandoned View
18060824 Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System And A Method Of Operating The System Patented View
17873329 Anode Mounting Head Apparatus For Heater Treaters, Tanks, Vessels And Other Devices Patented View
17959296 Off-Grid Electrolysis Control Method And Device Thereof Independent Of Grid Patented View
16958971 Integrated Cdi Electrode Patented View
17754467 Marine Salinity Measuring Arrangement And Method Abandoned View
18976083 Impurity Removal In An Iron Conversion System Patented View
17251889 Metal Porous Sheet, Fuel Cell, And Water Electrolysis Device Patented View
17266728 Anode For Electrolytic Synthesis And Method For Producing Fluorine Gas Abandoned View
17946654 Method And Apparatus For Cathodic Protection Of Steel In A Concrete Structure Located In An Ionically Conductive Liquid Patented View
17311850 Electrode For Electrolysis Patented View
17585021 Catalyst For Hydrogen Evolution Reaction And Preparing Method Of The Same Patented View
18140594 Catalyst Revitalization For Oxocarbon Electrolyzer Abandoned View
17309012 Electrochemical Cells For Hydrogen Gas Production And Electricity Generation, And Related Systems And Methods Patented View
17612098 Plate, Apparatus For Plating, And Method Of Manufacturing Plate Patented View
17442323 Plating Apparatus And Substrate Holder Operation Method Patented View
17347035 Membrane Electrode Material, Its Preparation Method And Application In Lithium Extraction By Adsorption-Electrochemical Coupling Technology Abandoned View
17429247 Electrode Device Abandoned View
17590971 Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer Membrane Electrode Assembly Patented View
17544166 Transparent Electrode For Oxygen Production, Method For Producing Same, Tandem Water Decomposition Reaction Electrode Provided With Same, And Oxygen Production Device Using Same Patented View
18980460 Electrolyzer Cell Module And Method Of Operating Thereof Using Separate Stack Air Flow And Product Cooling Flow Patented View
16696382 Cathodic Corrosion Protection Abandoned View
17444482 Anodes Comprising Transition Metal And Platinum Group Metal As Alloys, And Related Methods And Systems Abandoned View
17058134 Plate Edge Protector Abandoned View
18308398 Current Reversal Tolerant Multilayer Material, Method Of Making The Same, Use As An Electrode, And Use In Electrochemical Processes Patented View
17742908 Method For Manufacturing Photoelectrode Patented View
16980644 Electrochemical Cells Comprising Three-Dimensional (3d) Electrodes Including A 3d Architectured Material, Related Systems, And Related Methods Of Forming Hydrogen Patented View
18173322 Complex Modality Reactor For Materials Production And Synthesis Patented View
17289566 Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyst Patented View

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