Examiner Laxton Gary L

2838-LAXTON-GARY-L

Employment Information

Art Unit:2838 — Electric power conversion systems
Group:2830-2840 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
Classes: 363 — Electric power conversion systems
323 — Electricity: power supply or regulation systems
361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
250 — Radiant energy
307 — Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
713 — Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
315 — Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
336 — Inductor devices
463 — Amusement devices: games
219 — Electric heating
Phone:(571) 272-2079
Email:gary.laxton@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:27 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

11
3-Year Grant rate: 93% over 498 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 11th

With Examiner Laxton, you have a 93% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Laxton is a very easy examiner and in the 11th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Laxton, 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 Laxton's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2838 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Laxton 0.8
Art Unit 2838 1.0

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Laxton has granted 423 of 453 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 93%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Laxton has granted 42 of 45 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 93%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Laxton, conducting an interview does not change your chance of getting your patent granted.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18594776 Coil Short Circuit Protection In Dc-Dc Converters Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18197950 Grid Connected Three Phase Pv Power Conversion System Utilizing Adaptive Llc Resonant Inverter, High Frequency Isolation Transformer, Modular Unfolding Inverter And Controller Patented View
18327286 Direct Current Converter, Control Method, Direct Current Combiner Box, And Photovoltaic Power Generation System Patented View
18246862 Voltage Converter, Method For Manufacturing Such A Voltage Converter, Method For Controlling A Voltage Conversion Circuit And Corresponding Computer Program Abandoned View
18330205 Multiple-Port Bidirectional Dc-Dc Converters And Control Methods Therof Patented View
18592209 Overshoot Detection In Voltage Regulators Patented View
18397249 Apparatus And Method For Controlling Bidirectional Resonant Dc-Dc Converters Patented View
18493653 Pulse Width Modulation Signal Driver Patented View
17798794 High-Frequency Power Supply Device And Output Control Method Therefor Patented View
18467030 Gate Driver For A Low Dropout Voltage Regulator Patented View
18252579 High-Dynamic-Response Switching Power Supply And Server Patented View
18242498 Power Supply Circuit, Power Supply Method And Electronic Device Patented View
18558437 Power Converter Apparatus Patented View
18254785 Power Converter, Motor Driver, And Refrigeration Cycle Applied Equipment Abandoned View
18560971 Power Conversion Device, Power Conversion System, And Method For Controlling Power Conversion Device Patented View
18180935 Voltage Converter Patented View
18219816 Hybrid Power Converter And Power Conversion Patented View
18397815 Switching Power Supply Device, Switching Control Device, And Industrial Equipment Patented View
18505165 High Precision Inductor Current Emulator Circuit And Emulation Control Circuit And Control Method Thereof Patented View
18311651 Single-Stage Bidirectional Power Supply Patented View
18534359 Systems And Methods For Hybrid Phase-Shift Operation Of Interleaved Pfc Converters Patented View
18287390 Voltage Control Method And Apparatus, Household Device, Computer Storage Medium, And Computer Program Patented View
18565578 Power Conversion Device Patented View
18029140 Dc-To-Dc Converter Comprising A Current Sensor Arrangement Patented View
18564819 Power Conversion Device Patented View
18174341 Constant Power Control Device Of Active Vaporization Suction Apparatus Patented View
17779744 Dc-Dc Converter Abandoned View
18283022 Switching Power Supply Apparatus And Electric Power Supply System Patented View
18279065 Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter, Control Method And Device Thereof, And Medium Patented View
18542790 Linear Regulator Device And Configuration Method Thereof Patented View
18453550 Magnetic Resonance System And Power Supply Device For Pulsed Load Of Magnetic Resonance System Patented View
18192732 Common Mode Choke For Connecting To Dc Side Of Power Converter, Filter Arrangement, And Power Converter Patented View
18059396 Multi-Output Linear Regulator Patented View
19237057 Method For Controlling Cycloconverter Circuit, Cycloconverter Circuit, And Isolated Converter Patented View
18023104 Magnetic Apparatus, And Voltage Converter Including The Same Patented View
18514404 Quasi-Resonant Controlled Switching Power Supply With An Adaptive Upper Limit Of Valley Number Patented View
18333725 Power Conversion Device Patented View
18395722 Resonant Converter Having Switch On-Time Control Mechanism Patented View
18311201 Power Supply, Power Supplying Method And Computer Storage Medium Patented View
17888857 Drive Device Patented View
17956052 Polyphase Ac To Dc Converter Patented View
18159422 Power Conversion Device Patented View
18353753 Nsn Detection In Primary-Side-Controlled Ac-Dc Converter Patented View
18174084 Dc/dc Converter, Voltage Gain Switching Method And System Patented View
18116025 Two-Wire Transmitter Patented View
18923891 Active Variable Inductor Circuit Patented View
18321287 Dynamic Control Of Ac-Dc Power Converter Pfc Front End During Load Transients Patented View
18558352 System And Method For Unbalanced Current Adjustment From Capacity Enhancement And Split-Phase Output Of Distribution Transformer Patented View
18518268 Power Converter And Power Conversion Method Patented View
18361372 Digital Controller Patented View

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