Examiner Rufo Louis J

1795-RUFO-LOUIS-J

Employment Information

Art Unit:1795 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Group:1790 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
Classes: 205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
438 — Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
549 — Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
427 — Coating processes
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
Phone:(571) 270-7716
Email:louis.rufo@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Cheml Engrg
Service:16 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

70
3-Year Grant rate: 62% over 330 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 70th

With Examiner Rufo, you have a 62% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Rufo is a harder examiner and in the 70th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Rufo, 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 Rufo's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 1795 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Rufo 1.8
Art Unit 1795 1.9

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