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| 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 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 88% over 373 cases |
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| Difficulty: | Easier |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 25th
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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).
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.
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 |
Examiner Alunkal has granted 271 of 307 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.
Examiner Alunkal has granted 57 of 66 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 86%.
With Examiner Alunkal, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 2%.
| 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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