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  6. Examiner Sandvik

Examiner Sandvik Benjamin P

2812-SANDVIK-BENJAMIN-P

Employment Information

Art Unit:2812 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
Group:2810-2820 — Semiconductors A/Memory
Classes: 257 — Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
438 — Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
310 — Electrical generator or motor structure
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
219 — Electric heating
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
318 — Electricity: motive power systems
427 — Coating processes
Phone:(571) 272-8446
Email:benjamin.sandvik@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

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3-Year Grant rate: 89% over 496 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 23rd

With Examiner Sandvik, you have a 89% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Sandvik is an easier examiner and in the 23rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Sandvik, 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 2812

Examiner Sandvik's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2812 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Sandvik 1.4
Art Unit 2812 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Sandvik has granted 365 of 412 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 89%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Sandvik has granted 75 of 84 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 89%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Sandvik, conducting an interview does not change your chance of getting your patent granted.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17705714 Hermetically Sealed Glass Package Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17893770 Semiconductor Device Including Conductive Structure And Method For Manufacturing The Same Patented View
17386264 Impingement Cooling In High Power Package Patented View
18262917 Light Detection Device, And Distance Measuring System Patented View
17819384 Optoelectronic Devices And Methods Of Making The Same Patented View
18674629 Structures For Low Temperature Bonding Using Nanoparticles Patented View
17920883 Display Substrate And Manufacturing Method Therefor, And Display Apparatus Patented View
17977366 Viewing Angle Control Film And Display Device Comprising The Same Patented View
17865738 Endoscope And Imaging Module Abandoned View
18185189 Compact Microelectromechanical Angular Rate Sensor Patented View
17717611 Semiconductor Device And Semiconductor Apparatus Including The Same Patented View
18196016 Image Sensor Based On Charge Carrier Avalanche Abandoned View
18192176 Display Device Patented View
17709064 Porous Mesh Structures For The Thermal Management Of Integrated Circuit Devices Patented View
17866068 Metasurface-Coupled Single Photon Avalanche Diode For High Temperature Operation Patented View
18272513 Material Deposition Method And Microsystem Therewith Obtained Abandoned View
17731464 Semiconductor Devices And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same Patented View
17591016 Semiconductor Device, And Related Module, Circuit, And Preparation Method Patented View
18630961 Super Cmos Devices On A Microelectronics System Patented View
16878755 Semiconductor Device And Display Device Patented View
18255267 Solid-State Imaging Element And Electronic Device Patented View
17749354 Semiconductor Device Including Germanium Region Disposed In Semiconductor Substrate Patented View
17667948 Spin Current Magnetization Rotational Element, Magnetoresistance Effect Element, And Magnetic Memory Patented View
18346154 Common Mode Rejection Structures For Mems Devices Patented View
18306490 Integrated Circuit Including Trench Capacitor Patented View
18067703 Stabilizing Dielectric Stress In A Galvanic Isolation Device Patented View
18383078 Semiconductor Device And Display Device Patented View
17797882 Integrated Semiconductor Optoelectronic Component Patented View
17571930 Semiconductor Structure And Method For Manufacturing The Same Patented View
18192246 Substrate Processing Apparatus And Substrate Processing Method Patented View
18173146 Silicon Nitride Substrate And Method Of Manufacturing The Same Patented View
17938632 Photoelectric Conversion Apparatus Patented View
17976966 Cascaded Avalanche Photodiode With High Responsivity And High Saturation Current Abandoned View
17900634 Photoelectric Conversion Element And Solid-State Imaging Device Abandoned View
17789193 Display Backplane And Manufacturing Method Thereof And Display Device Patented View
18066628 Optoelectronic Devices And Methods Of Making The Same Patented View
17929908 Optoelectronic Device With Superimposed Emissive And Photodetector Components Patented View
17822600 Passivation For A Vertical Transfer Gate In A Pixel Sensor Patented View
17796858 Solid-State Imaging Device Patented View
18148094 Nano Thermal Diode Based On Polarization Control Of Nanoparticles On Graphene Nanograting Patented View
17893661 Image Sensor And Method Of Manufacturing The Same Patented View
17921605 Detection Substrate And Manufacturing Method Therefor, And Ray Detection Apparatus Patented View
18316096 Semiconductor Device With Two-Dimensional Materials Patented View
17571680 Systems And Methods For Providing Multiple Gpio Supply Modes Patented View
17865062 Hermetically Sealed Transparent Cavity And Package For Same Patented View
18070505 Optical Sensor Patented View
18638396 Method Of Making Integrated Circuit Medical Devices Patented View
17892895 Methods And Apparatus For Electronic Device Packaging Patented View
17621739 Axial-Type Optoelectronic Device With Light-Emitting Diodes And Method For Manufacturing Same Patented View
17848304 Vertical Deep-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diode And Method For Manufacturing Same Abandoned View

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