Examiner Torres-Rivera Alex

2838-TORRES-RIVERA-ALEX

Employment Information

Art Unit:2838 — Electric power conversion systems
Group:2830-2840 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
Classes: 323 — Electricity: power supply or regulation systems
363 — Electric power conversion systems
361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
307 — Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
320 — Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
324 — Electricity: measuring and testing
336 — Inductor devices
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
219 — Electric heating
Phone:(571) 272-5261
Email:alex.torres-rivera@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

19
3-Year Grant rate: 90% over 451 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 19th

With Examiner Torres-Rivera, you have a 90% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Torres-Rivera is a very easy examiner and in the 19th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Torres-Rivera, 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 2838

Examiner Torres-Rivera's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2838 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Torres-Rivera 1.2
Art Unit 2838 1.0

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Torres-Rivera has granted 344 of 376 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 91%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Torres-Rivera has granted 62 of 75 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 83%.

Interview Benefit

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

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18291658 Power Conversion Device Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18545326 Isolated Power Supply Control Circuit And Isolated Power Supply Patented View
18649881 Switching Regulator And Control Method Thereof Patented View
17988173 Electrostatic Protection Circuit Patented View
18098276 Device And Method For Controlling Inverter Patented View
18551127 Electric Power Conversion Device And Control Method For Electric Power Conversion Device Patented View
18413064 Signal Delay Setting Circuit, Isolation Integrated Circuit And Power Conversion Circuitry Patented View
18522142 Power Circuit Operating In Pulse Width Modulation Mode And Low Drop-Out Mode And Method Of Operating The Same Patented View
18497244 Dc/dc Converter Control Circuit, Power Supply Circuit And Electronic Device Patented View
18354329 Multi-Level Controller With Lookup Table Patented View
18552806 Semiconductor Device Patented View
18548299 Efficient Installation And Configuration Of Voltage Conversion Systems Patented View
18694044 Switch Mode Power Supply Control Circuit And Power Supply Chip Patented View
18735512 Methods Of Starting Power Converter Systems, And Power Converter Systems Patented View
18361487 Current Detection Circuit And Controller For Switching Converter Circuit Patented View
17651572 Power Converters And Methods For Protecting Power Converters Patented View
18190302 Relating To Controllers For Chain-Link Converters Patented View
18361274 Digital Controller With Ripple Reduction For A Switching Power Converter Patented View
18240864 Power Converter Controller With Frequency Monitoring Patented View
18368528 Dynamic Bias Voltage Circuit And Integrated Circuit Patented View
18372615 Multi-Level Conversion Circuit And Control Method For Flying Capacitor Voltage Thereof Patented View
18401740 Half-Bridge Converter Comprising A Bootstrap Circuit To Provide A Negative Turn-Off Voltage Patented View
18391234 Synchronous Rectification For Dc-Dc Converters Patented View
18526107 Power Supply Circuit And Operating Method Patented View
18021263 Systems And Methods For Controlling Soft-Switching Current Source Converters Patented View
18094540 Power Conversion Circuit And Power Conversion System Abandoned View
18254430 Gate Drive Circuit And Power Conversion Device Patented View
18185098 Power Current Signal Generation Using Sense Transistors Patented View
18446683 Direct Current To Direct Current Converter, Electronic Device, And Charger Abandoned View
18357051 Lossless Synchronous Rectification Power Supply Circuit And Design Method Patented View
18451074 Switching Regulator And Control Circuit Thereof And Quick Response Method Patented View
18106629 Vertical Metal Sensing Method For Dc-Dc Converter Patented View
17724077 Power Supplies With Multiple Output Ports, And Control Methods Thereof Patented View
18243626 Power System And Circulating Current Suppression Method Thereof Patented View
18367507 Control Apparatus For Inverter Patented View
18155407 Buck-Boost Boot Refresher Circuit Patented View
17992476 Parallel-Connected Resonant Converter Circuits Patented View
18305710 Control Device Of Multi-Phase Dc/dc Converter And Multi-Phase Dc/dc Converter Patented View
18226400 Apparatus For Estimating Output Current Of Low-Voltage Dc-Dc Converter Patented View
18493859 Reference Voltage Generating Device And Circuit System Using The Same Patented View
18323960 Power Control Device, Ac/dc Converter, And Ac Adapter Abandoned View
18450530 Method For Switching Between Forward Operation And Reverse Operation Of Isolated Bidirectional Dc-Dc Circuit, Controller, Bidirectional Converter, And Charging System Patented View
18276345 Charging Voltage Converter On A Vehicle, Having Reverse Current Blocking Device Patented View
17970033 High Voltage Input Low Dropout Regulator Circuit Patented View
18232406 Two-Way Ac Power Conversion Device Patented View
17900839 Power Supply System And Operating Method Thereof Patented View
18346843 Totem Pole Pfc With A Surge Protection Circuit And Surge Protection Method For A Totem Pole Pfc Patented View
18348405 Insulated Power Supply Apparatus And Semiconductor Device For Power Supply Control Patented View
18232185 Peak Efficiency Tracking In An Llc Converter Of A Multi-Stage Power Conversion System Patented View
18593557 Rdson-Based Current Sensing System Patented View

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