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| Art Unit: | 3615 — Ships |
|---|---|
| Group: | 3610 — Surface Transportation |
| Classes: |
246 — Railway switches and signals 104 — Railways 105 — Railway rolling stock 191 — Electricity: transmission to vehicles 238 — Railways: surface track 213 — Railway draft appliances 701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location 291 — Track sanders 324 — Electricity: measuring and testing 244 — Aeronautics and astronautics |
| Phone: | (571) 270-7858 |
| Email: | zachary.kuhfuss@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Gen Engrg |
| Service: | 18 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 83% over 402 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Easier |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 38th
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With Examiner Kuhfuss, you have a 83% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kuhfuss is an easier examiner and in the 38th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kuhfuss, 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.
Examiner Kuhfuss's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3615 and higher than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Kuhfuss | 1.3 |
| Art Unit 3615 | 1.1 |
Examiner Kuhfuss has granted 288 of 353 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 82%.
Examiner Kuhfuss has granted 47 of 49 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 96%.
With Examiner Kuhfuss, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 17%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18924951 | Road To Rail Hybrid Vehicles Using Passive Junction And Transition Spans | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 19203086 | Track Assembly For A Storage System | Patented | View | |
| 17557788 | Fleet And Trolley System For Zero-Emission Machines | Patented | View | |
| 18042665 | Zip Line Trolley With Magnetic Eddy Current Braking And Heat Dissipation System | Abandoned | View | |
| 17837403 | Railroad Tie Handler | Patented | View | |
| 17943001 | System And Method For Hyperloop Transponder Communication | Abandoned | View | |
| 19091751 | Retractable Arm Having A Flexible Conductor For Electrical Connectivity | Patented | View | |
| 18130498 | Trolley Mid-Brake | Patented | View | |
| 17956716 | Switch Control Method And Apparatus, And Storage Medium | Patented | View | |
| 17988419 | Translatable Induction Charging System | Patented | View | |
| 18013265 | Train Operation Control System And Method Based On Train-Ground Coordination | Patented | View | |
| 16946411 | Systems For Railroad Switch Position Detection | Abandoned | View | |
| 17999719 | Cableway Vehicle Having Crossing Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 17256297 | Warning Device For A Rail Vehicle | Abandoned | View | |
| 18120991 | Railroad Track Sensor System | Abandoned | View | |
| 18013262 | Train Control Method Based On Mobile Authorization Verification | Patented | View | |
| 18055402 | Toy Track Set | Patented | View | |
| 17698547 | Route Cleaning System | Patented | View | |
| 17999156 | High Throughput Transportation System With Seamless Carriage Switching Between Tracks Along The Vertical Plane | Patented | View | |
| 17777888 | Train Door Opening Determination Method And On-Board Controller | Abandoned | View | |
| 17759936 | Warehouse Vehicle Having A Tracked Drive | Abandoned | View | |
| 18114190 | Railroad Computing System And Device | Abandoned | View | |
| 18105024 | Three-Rail Power Supply System | Patented | View | |
| 18193849 | Automated Tie Marking | Patented | View | |
| 17615418 | Hybrid Cable/rail Transportation System | Patented | View | |
| 17529552 | Electric Fence Reel | Patented | View | |
| 17795008 | Block Boot For Railway Track Systems | Abandoned | View | |
| 17774491 | Anti-Collision Method And Apparatus For Trains In Cooperative Formation | Patented | View | |
| 17427204 | Hanger Supporting Of A Suspended Contact Wire Of A Supply Electric Aerial Railway Line And An Electric Aerial Railway Line Comprising Said Hanger | Patented | View | |
| 16859273 | Methods And Systems For Ultra-Wideband (Uwb) Based Navigation Of Arbitrary Paths Based On Reference Markers | Patented | View | |
| 17842028 | Energy Supply System | Patented | View | |
| 17586448 | Hash Overhead Hoist Transport Rail System And Methods Of Operating The Same | Patented | View | |
| 17665058 | Railroad Freight Car Draft Geart Friction Modifying Insert | Patented | View | |
| 17038205 | Method And Cast Components For Cold Formed Center Sill Rail Car Modification Programs And Railcars Formed Thereby | Patented | View | |
| 18444876 | Systems And Methods For Identifying Potential Deficiencies In Railway Environment Objects | Patented | View | |
| 17515672 | Hose Bridge Extender And Railroad Crossing | Patented | View | |
| 17421574 | Conveying Device, Processing Installation, Method For Conveying And/or Processing Objects | Patented | View | |
| 17648537 | Tracked Electric Vehicle Systems | Abandoned | View | |
| 17453883 | Combined Crossing Termination Shunt And Railroad Crossing Control System | Abandoned | View | |
| 19263403 | High-Energy-Efficiency Lithium Battery Monorail Hoist Locomotive And Battery Management System Thereof | Patented | View | |
| 18646251 | Tie Plate Centering And Inserting Machine | Patented | View | |
| 18629051 | Methods And Systems For Achieving Vital Ultra-Wideband (Uwb) Based Train Control | Patented | View | |
| 18829189 | Apparatuses, Systems, And Methods For Monitoring Moving Vehicles | Patented | View | |
| 19113122 | Method For Monitoring Railway Points And Points Machine | Patented | View | |
| 17794706 | Assembly For Increasing The Load-Bearing Capacity Of A Structural Component Of A Rail Vehicle | Patented | View | |
| 18111253 | Rail Vehicle Signal Enforcement And Separation Control | Patented | View | |
| 17474826 | Dual Gauge Rail Wheel Assembly | Patented | View | |
| 18418626 | Vehicle Control System And Method For Implementing Safety Procedure | Patented | View | |
| 18480558 | Sill Connection For Railcar Structure | Abandoned | View | |
| 17798413 | Rail Clamp Handling Arrangement | Patented | View |
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