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Examiner Lepisto Ryan A

2874-LEPISTO-RYAN-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:2874 — Optical waveguides
Group:28XX — Semiconductors B
Classes: 385 — Optical waveguides
359 — Optical: systems and elements
356 — Optics: measuring and testing
312 — Supports: cabinet structure
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
324 — Electricity: measuring and testing
361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
362 — Illumination
411 — Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
Phone:(571) 272-1946
Email:ryan.lepisto@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:22 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

17
3-Year Grant rate: 91% over 483 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 17th

With Examiner Lepisto, you have a 91% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Lepisto is a very easy examiner and in the 17th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Lepisto, 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 2874

Examiner Lepisto's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2874 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Lepisto 1.2
Art Unit 2874 1.1

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Lepisto has granted 377 of 417 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 90%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Lepisto has granted 61 of 66 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 92%.

Interview Benefit

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

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18273846 Fiber Optic Housing And Clip Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18473689 Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Based Edible Oil Sensor Patented View
18016788 Multi-Directional Adaptive Optical Device Patented View
18552182 Ferrule Holder For Miniature Mt Ferrule And Adapter Interface For Mating With Fiber Optic Connectors Patented View
19083292 Optical Mux/demux Assembly Patented View
18017638 Optical Connector And Optical Connector Module Patented View
17688474 Slot Modulators With Improved Rf And Bandwidth Performance Abandoned View
18481336 Optical Fiber Patented View
18194859 Fiber Optic Assembly With Connectorized Midplane Patented View
18061881 Optical Wafer-Level Package Patented View
18266079 Optical Fiber Patented View
18571917 Isolator, Optical Switch, Optical Transmitter And Receiver, Data Center, And Isolator Manufacturing Method Patented View
18048717 Fiber Optic Connector With Displaceable Guide Pin Patented View
19170641 Optically Bridged Multicomponent Package With Extended Temperature Range Patented View
18669500 Polarization Diverse Receiver With Delays Patented View
18296665 Periscope Optical Assembly With Inserted Components Patented View
18668555 Fiber Optic Adapter Block Patented View
18018705 Optical Switch Abandoned View
18245043 Optical Fiber Ribbon And Method For Manufacturing Optical Fiber Ribbon Abandoned View
18367776 Signal Light Transmission Member Patented View
18209680 Photonics Chip Structures Including An Edge Coupler And A Layer Exhibiting An Electric-Field-Induced Pockels Effect Patented View
18172256 Polarization-Maintaining Dispersion-Compensation Microstructure Fiber Patented View
17165546 Multimode Splitter For Narrowing Input Width Photodetector Connections Patented View
19170583 Optically Bridged Multicomponent Package With Extended Temperature Range Patented View
19170416 Optically Bridged Multicomponent Package With Extended Temperature Range Patented View
19170429 Optically Bridged Multicomponent Package With Extended Temperature Range Patented View
19170617 Optically Bridged Multicomponent Package With Extended Temperature Range Patented View
17833299 Wavelength Division Multiplexer Patented View
19170397 Optically Bridged Multicomponent Package With Extended Temperature Range Patented View
18060032 Optical Scanning Element Patented View
18076242 Method For Forming Multi-Depth Optical Devices Patented View
18154066 Optical Phase Shifter Using Ktn (Ktanbo3) And Manufacturing Method Thereof Patented View
18084936 Optical Frequency Comb Device And Measurement Device Abandoned View
18332177 Optical Fiber Bundle Structure, Optical Fiber Connection Structure, And Optical Fiber Bundle Structure Manufacturing Method Patented View
18376474 Optical Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge With Electrical And Optical Interfaces Patented View
18472400 Wavelength-Stabilized Broadband Light Source Patented View
18367787 Fiber Optic Cassettes And Splice Modules Patented View
18156681 Optical Fiber Connector With Attenuation Function Patented View
17882272 High Power In-Band Pumped, Triple Clad Thulium Fiber Patented View
18324572 Resonant Interferometric Coupler And Method Of Modifying An Optical Signal Using Same Patented View
18010564 Opto-Electric Hybrid Board Patented View
18106634 Multi-Core Optical Fiber And Multi-Core Optical Fiber Cable Patented View
18073321 Electro-Optic Frequency Transducer Using Coupled Microdisk Resonators Patented View
19017713 Method For Optical Fiber Fusion Splicing Patented View
17943219 Media Adaptor For Multimode Waveguide Interconnects Patented View
17793210 A Photonic Integrated Device For Converting Sound Into A Modulation Of Properties Of Light In The Device Patented View
18114824 Optical Waveguide Multi-Cascaded Coupling Mode Division Multiplexer Patented View
18327927 Fusion Splicer And Fusion Splicing Method Patented View
18015687 Ferrule And Optical Connector Patented View
18543281 Systems And Methods Of Managing Cables In Telecommunication Systems Patented View

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