Examiner Alunkal Thomas D

2686-ALUNKAL-THOMAS-D

Employment Information

Art Unit:2686 — Communications: electrical
Group:2680 — Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing (e.g., Printer, Scanner); Telemetry and Code Generation; Vehicles and System Alarms; Selective Communication; Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives; Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives
Classes: 340 — Communications: electrical
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
341 — Coded data generation or conversion
345 — Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
342 — Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation)
109 — Safes, bank protection, or a related device
369 — Dynamic information storage or retrieval
600 — Surgery
414 — Material or article handling
Phone:(571) 270-1127
Email:thomas.alunkal@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

25
3-Year Grant rate: 88% over 373 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 25th

With Examiner Alunkal, you have a 88% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Alunkal is an easier examiner and in the 25th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Alunkal, 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 2686

Examiner Alunkal's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2686 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Alunkal 1.3
Art Unit 2686 1.1

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Alunkal has granted 271 of 307 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Alunkal has granted 57 of 66 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 86%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Alunkal, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 2%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18362394 Asset Management And Iot Device For Refrigerated Appliances Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18659697 System And Method Of Adaptive Transmitter For An Object Detection System Patented View
18283135 Operation Management System, Operation Management Apparatus, Operation Management Method, And Non-Transitory Storage Medium Patented View
18324061 Fleet-Connected Vehicle Identification Patented View
18747246 Position Determination Device, Position Determination Method, And Vehicular Electronic Key System Patented View
18612711 Security System For A Vehicle Patented View
18799175 Gesture Interface Control Of A Mobile Storage System Patented View
18478407 Method And System For Area-Based Access Control Abandoned View
18695122 Key For A Vehicle Abandoned View
18718775 Method For A Controller Of A Vehicle For Operating A Movable Component Of The Vehicle, Controller, Vehicle And Computer Program Patented View
18489698 System And Method For Group Probability-Based Prefix Modification Of Unknown Symbol Probability Distributions Patented View
18399177 Wireless Tag Location Patented View
18295075 Differentiated And Modulated Spectrum Power Radiation Via Mimo And Beamforming Imposed Upon Ambient Electromagnetic Power Harvesting Chips Patented View
17691427 Wireless Device, Control System, Wireless Transmission Method, And Storage Medium Patented View
18690429 Work Machine Activation System And Method Of Activating Work Machine Patented View
18442006 Noise-Shaping Adc With Overload Recovery Patented View
18606456 Housing Device Abandoned View
18539963 Vehicle Control Device, Control Method Of Vehicle, And Storage Medium Patented View
18546471 Authentication System, Authentication Device, And Authentication Method Abandoned View
18287667 Method And Motor Vehicle Patented View
18398111 Method For Correcting Analog-To-Digital Converter Patented View
18472752 Continuous-Time Data Converter With Digital Multi-Stage Noise Shaping Subconverter Patented View
19073258 Driving Assistance Method And System Patented View
18760412 Electronic Key For Vehicle Patented View
18341037 Method And System For Training Machine Learning Models On Sensor Nodes Abandoned View
18631102 Augmented Reality Displayed Keypad For Authenticated Keyless Door Access Patented View
17877736 Emergency Assistance Via A Wi-Fi Mesh Patented View
17719451 Integrated Metal Detection Access Control Security Gate Patented View
18796847 Tamper Deterrent Attachment For External Door Locks On Vehicles Patented View
18515965 Adaptive Method For Activating A Vehicle Function And Associated Adaptive Activation Device Patented View
18527575 Vehicle Key System And Access Key Patented View
18489380 Information Processing Method Abandoned View
18423985 Analog-To-Digital Converter Having Time-Constant Tuning With Pulse-Width-Based Reference Current And Resistance Searching Patented View
18447900 Systems And Methods For Storing Hazardous Chemicals Patented View
17808911 Electric Lock And Control Method Thereof Patented View
17986463 Augmented Reality For Guiding Users To Assets In Iot Applications Patented View
17657718 Frequency And Waveform Agile Microwave Devices Patented View
18478209 Vehicle Control System And Control Method Abandoned View
18199891 Portable Alarm System Abandoned View
18663132 Control Method For An Electronic Price Tag And An Electronic Price Tag System Patented View
18771923 Biometric Pre-Identification Patented View
18233037 Automobile Remote Control Key And Vehicle Control Method Abandoned View
18305874 Hydroponic Feed Indication Apparatus Patented View
18038318 Notification System, Notification Method, And Non-Transitory Storage Medium Abandoned View
18945118 Systems And Methods For Intelligent Vehicle-Specific Digital Alerting Patented View
17217916 Modular Lock Assembly For An Electric Bicycle Abandoned View
17035792 Control, Monitoring, And/or Security, Apparatus And Method For Premises, Vehicles, And/or Articles Patented View
18182065 Unmanned Vehicle Assistance For Submerged Host Vehicles Patented View
18237939 Vehicle Door Unlocking System And Method Patented View
17972797 Method And Apparatus For A Modular Digital Chassis Lock Assembly In An Information Handling System Patented View

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