Examiner Phillips Rufus L

2877-PHILLIPS-RUFUS-L

Employment Information

Art Unit:2877 — Optics: measuring and testing
Group:2870-2880 — Optics/Photocopying
Classes: 356 — Optics: measuring and testing
606 — Surgery
Phone:(571) 270-7021
Email:rufus.phillips@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Physics
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

71
3-Year Grant rate: 61% over 127 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 71st

With Examiner Phillips, you have a 61% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Phillips is a harder examiner and in the 71st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Phillips, 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 2877

Examiner Phillips's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2877 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Phillips 2.2
Art Unit 2877 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Phillips has granted 55 of 91 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 60%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Phillips has granted 22 of 36 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 61%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Phillips, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 2%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17792206 Surface Analysis Method And Surface Analysis Device Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18198175 Method And Apparatus To Enhance Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Patented View
18069355 Imaging System And Imaging Device Abandoned View
17512105 Method And Systems For Characterizing And Encoding A Light Detection System Patented View
18591411 System And Method For Analyte Detection Patented View
18988759 Multichannel Optical Switch For In-Line Spectroscopic Compound Analysis Patented View
15904954 Focusing System With Filter For Open Or Closed Loop Control Patented View
17772488 Position Adjusting Method, Microparticle Analysis Device, And Program Patented View
18316086 Resonant Optical Gyroscope With A Broadband Light Source And Rin Reduction Techniques Patented View
17791604 Glasses, Recommended Cosmetics Presentation Control System, And Recommended Cosmetics Presentation Control Method Patented View
18642630 Spectroscopic Detection Using A Tunable Frequency Comb Abandoned View
18442090 Optical Transmission Sample Holder And Analysis At Multiple Wavelengths Abandoned View
17207046 Systems For Light Detection Array Multiplexing And Methods For Same Patented View
17609751 Optical System And Method For Optical Signal Detection Abandoned View
17904919 Composite Optical Fibre Based Plasma Generation Device Abandoned View
17886040 Systems And Methods For Flow Cytometry With Tailored Discrimination Patented View
17867278 Clamps For Operably Coupling An Optical Component To A Mounting Block, And Methods And Systems For Using The Same Patented View
17252891 Single Particle Automated Raman Trapping Analysis Patented View
18010497 Raman Scattering Spectrometric Apparatus And Raman Scattering Spectroscopic Method Patented View
17829289 Single-Material Waveplates For Pupil Polarization Filtering Patented View
17943902 Method For Illumination And System For Determining Spectral Distribution Of Light For Illumination Patented View
17708313 Systems For Detecting Light By Birefringent Fourier Transform Interferometry And Methods For Using Same Patented View
17607611 Sensor Elements Having Metallic Nanostructures And Uses Thereof Patented View
18421052 Gas Detection Apparatus Patented View
18832667 Reusable Sers Molecule Detection Apparatus And Use Method Thereof Patented View
17594236 Measuring Assembly And Method Patented View
18325746 Optical Improvements To Compact Smoke Detectors, Systems And Apparatus Patented View
17714584 Clamps For Applying An Immobilizing Force To A Photodetector, And Systems And Methods For Using The Same Patented View
17739597 Fiber-Optic Point Probe And Distance Measurement System Having A Fiber-Optic Point Probe Abandoned View
17792572 Photoreaction Evaluation Device And Photon Count Calculation Method Abandoned View
17925508 Method For Determining A Property Of A Particle In A Medium Patented View
17570228 Detection Scheme For Particle Size And Concentration Measurement Patented View
17694326 Optical Trap Using A Focused Hollow Beam Of Unequal Axisymmetry And No Angular Momentum For Trapping And Rotating Airborne Particles Patented View
17341998 Particle Detection Via Scattered Light Combined With Incident Light Patented View
17273264 Method And Apparatus For Measuring Particles Patented View
17582056 Dual-Emitter Optic Block And Chamber For Smoke Detector Abandoned View
17710682 Optical Sensor Module Including An Interferometric Sensor And Extended Depth Of Focus Optics Patented View
17292174 Optical System And Flow Cytometer Patented View
17798574 Defect Inspection Apparatus And Defect Inspection Method Patented View
17530075 Optical Chamber For Smoke Detection With Reflective Surfaces Patented View
17608257 Optical Sensor Containing A Waveguide With Holographic Elements For Measuring A Pulse And Blood Oxygen Saturation Patented View
17262363 Flow Cell System For Optical Fluid Analysis And Bioreactor System Patented View
17416268 Optical Particle Detector Abandoned View
17054200 Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Patch And Attachable Sensor Using The Same Patented View
17485112 Sensor Device And Particulate Matter Sensor Patented View
17414801 Method For Characterising A Particle On The Basis Of A Hologram Patented View
17650400 Inspection Device And Inspection Method For Pillar-Shaped Honeycomb Filter Patented View
17232641 Materials And Methods Used With Plasmon Resonance Detection Techniques Abandoned View
17433740 Microparticle Measurement Device, Microparticle Sorting Device, Microparticle Measurement System, And Microparticle Sorting System Patented View
17312053 Method For Detecting Particles Or Aerosol In A Flowing Fluid, Computer Program, As Well As Electrical Memory Medium Abandoned View

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