Examiner Frank Rodney T

2855-FRANK-RODNEY-T

Employment Information

Art Unit:2855 — Thermal measuring and testing
Group:2850-2860 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
Classes: 435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
166 — Wells
204 — Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
137 — Fluid handling
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
600 — Surgery
507 — Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry
180 — Motor vehicles
374 — Thermal measuring and testing
Phone:(571) 272-2193
Email:rodney.frank@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:25 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

64
3-Year Grant rate: 68% over 284 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 64th

With Examiner Frank, you have a 68% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Frank is a harder examiner and in the 64th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Frank, 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 2855

Examiner Frank's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2855 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Frank 1.8
Art Unit 2855 1.0

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Frank has granted 124 of 188 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 66%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Frank has granted 70 of 96 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 73%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Frank, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 11%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18287285 Gas Chromatograph Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17784536 Pipetting Unit With Capacitive Liquid Detection, Combination Of Such A Pipetting Unit And A Pipetting Tip, And Method For Capacitively Detecting Pipetting Liquid Patented View
18258167 Process Monitoring Device Patented View
18509505 Auto-Calibration System And Method For Continuous Acoustic Emission Based Structural Health Monitoring Patented View
17864349 Point-Of-Use Devices And Methods For Determining Rheological Properties Of Samples Patented View
18015792 Method And Apparatus For Determining Ketosis Patented View
18031448 Gas Measuring Apparatus Patented View
18567069 Oxygen Sensor Element And Method For Manufacturing Same Patented View
18521270 System And Method For Early Warning Of Solids Pluggage In Gas-Solid Multi-Phase Flow Through Transport Pipe Patented View
17849453 Lithographic Strain Gauge In An Electrically Conducting Substrate Patented View
17827708 Capturing Truncated Proteoforms In Exhaled Breath For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Diseases Patented View
18512093 Method For Determining Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines (Tsnas) In Tobacco Using One-Step Clean-Up Coupled With Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Lc-Ms/ms) Patented View
18504860 Device And Method For Measuring Volume Of Spherical Tank Patented View
18550001 Non-Contact Sampler With An Open-Port Interface For Liquid Chromatography Systems Patented View
18458765 Method For Detecting The Presence Of A Liquid Patented View
18373947 Determining Geologic Properties Of A Rock Sample Patented View
16730729 Systems And Methods For Obtaining Downhole Fluid Properties Patented View
18344266 Well Testing Systems And Methods With Mobile Monitoring Patented View
17690679 Fluid Consumption Measurement System And Method Patented View
18191456 Meter Test Bench Flow Stop Assembly Patented View
17337993 Method For Determining Flow Measurement Values Of A Coriolis Mass Flowmeter In The Presence Of A Of A Two-Phase Flow Patented View
16958283 Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatograph System Patented View
18031247 Using A Reynolds Number To Correct A Mass Flow Rate Measurement Patented View
18467471 Life Determination Device And Life Determination Method Patented View
18300004 Systems And Methods For Inhaler Testing Patented View
18005215 Flow Meter Assembly Patented View
18165588 Liquid Level Gauge And Waveguide Set Patented View
18110997 Gas Chromatograph, Management Apparatus, Management System, And Management Method Abandoned View
18254779 Coriolis Flow Meter Patented View
18004389 Soil Analysis Compositions And Methods Patented View
17692034 Continuous Flow Air Sampling And Rapid Pathogen Detection System Patented View
17929068 Measurement Sensor For Coriolis Flow Meter Patented View
17618812 A Control Unit And A Liquid Container Insertable In A Milk Analysis Apparatus Patented View
18266603 High-Speed Scanning Photo-Acoustic Image Input Apparatus And Control Method Therefor Patented View
17867944 Method And Apparatus For Lamp Housing Crack Detection Patented View
17787322 Transportable Sample Drawing Container, Sample Drawing System, And Method For Drawing A Sample Abandoned View
19242004 Analyte Detection Apparatus Patented View
18044019 Vibronic Measuring System Patented View
17791128 Stretchable Sensor Abandoned View
18694431 Metering Method Based On Gas Volume Fraction Fitting For Wet Natural Gas Patented View
18043587 Residual Gas Volume Measuring Device And Residual Gas Volume Measuring Method Patented View
17957706 Sensor With Integral Seal Abandoned View
17429802 Humidity-Sensitive Composite Material And Humidity Sensor Patented View
17929239 Electronic Device Including Barometric Pressure Sensor Patented View
18146498 Flow Meter Patented View
17548959 High Output Acoustic System For Direct Field Acoustic Testing Patented View
17906064 Gas Supply Amount Measurement Method And Gas Supply Amount Control Method Abandoned View
18181694 Method Of Measurement Of Interfacial Tension (Ift) Of Two Immiscible Fluids At Reservoir Conditions: An In Situ Gas Buffered Injection Patented View
17772421 Fluid Free Hydrostatic Pressure Testing Patented View
18085610 Swirler-Type Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Metering Device And Method Patented View

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