Examiner Lockett Kimberly R

2837-LOCKETT-KIMBERLY-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:2837 — Inductor devices
Group:2830-2840 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
Classes:
Phone:(571) 272-2067
Email:kim.lockett@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:31 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

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3-Year Grant rate: 90% over 558 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 20th

With Examiner Lockett, you have a 90% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Lockett is a very easy examiner and in the 20th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Lockett, 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 2837

Examiner Lockett's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2837 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Lockett 1.0
Art Unit 2837 1.1

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Lockett has granted 488 of 541 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 90%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Lockett has granted 14 of 17 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 82%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Lockett, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 9%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18422627 Portable Gravity-Grip Musical Instrument Stand Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18232560 Instrument Stand Adapter Base Patented View
18199789 Tap Guitar Pick Patented View
18421380 Pivot Pick Patented View
18532670 Instrument Holder For Seated Or Standing Play Patented View
18514245 Nut For Musical Instrument Patented View
18320897 Guitar Sound Control Mechanism Patented View
17571997 Electronic Device And Electronic Musical Instrument Patented View
18337663 Equilibrium Piston Valve For Brass Instruments Patented View
18544134 Keyboard Device For Keyboard Instrument Patented View
18323899 Modified Bridge Saddle For Guitars Patented View
18510765 Hands-Free Motorized Harmonica Positioner Patented View
18548752 Apparatus For Lengthening The Vibrating Length Of Strings On A Harp Patented View
18133818 Stand And Keyboard Instrument Set Patented View
18095682 Acoustical Stringed Instrument Patented View
18109374 Musical String Patented View
18531310 Tremolo Stabilization System Patented View
17894826 Stringed Instrument, System, And Methods Of Making And Using Same Patented View
17759811 Transportable Stringed Keyboard Instrument Patented View
18210757 Neck And Fretboard Modification And Method Of Tuning To Facilitate Play Patented View
18499656 Keyboard Instrument Patented View
18199394 Relative Harmonic Dynamic Pitch Control Device And System Patented View
18445215 Stringed Instrument Patented View
17849073 Adjustable Bridge For Stringed Instrument Device And Method Patented View
18147959 Music Score Plate Support Structure For Musical Instrument Patented View
17987540 Musical Instrument Support Apparatus Patented View
18254845 Torsioned Pick Abandoned View
18306545 Adhesive Guitar Pick Grips Abandoned View
18199933 Plectrum Grip Patented View
18144128 Chin Rest For Musical Instrument Patented View
18053162 Instrument Picks Having A Nano Suction Layer Patented View
18142058 Dual Hi-Hat Single Pedal Abandoned View
18468119 Drum With A Tuning Mechanism Abandoned View
18025791 A Kind Of Double-Bars Violin Family Without Sound Post Patented View
18457430 Electric Guitar Body-Structure And Electric Guitar Patented View
18189456 Apparatus And Method For Suspending A Musical Instrument Abandoned View
18024760 One-Shoulder Strap For Saxophone Abandoned View
18122913 Musical Instrument Tuning System Patented View
18334050 Drum Frame Clamping Stand Patented View
18193631 Wind Instrument Having Expanded Sound Range Patented View
17640825 Improved Nut And String Tree For A Stringed Musical Instrument Patented View
18062742 String Tool For Replacing Strings On Instruments And Method Of Using Patented View
17974931 Tambourine Patented View
17626427 Vibrato Control Mechanism Patented View
17803062 Apparatus And Method For Stringed Instrument Endpin Abandoned View
17779563 Musical Instrument Structure With Applause Sound Abandoned View
17993954 Fret Tool Patented View
18066164 Energy Absorbing Percussion Instrument Stand Patented View
18054154 Device And Method For Converting A Fretted Instrument Into A Fretless Instrument Patented View
17916532 Head Joint For Wind Instrument, Having Mouthpiece And Reed Portion Formed Thereon, And Wind Instrument Comprising Same Patented View

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