Examiner Dondero William E

3993-DONDERO-WILLIAM-E

Employment Information

Art Unit:3993 — Surgery
Group:3990 — Central Reexamination Unit
Classes: 242 — Winding, tensioning, or guiding
226 — Advancing material of indeterminate length
174 — Electricity: conductors and insulators
219 — Electric heating
141 — Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
439 — Electrical connectors
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
131 — Tobacco
340 — Communications: electrical
Phone:(571) 272-5590
Email:william.dondero@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

25
3-Year Grant rate: 88% over 382 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 25th

With Examiner Dondero, you have a 88% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Dondero is an easier examiner and in the 25th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Dondero, 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 3993

Examiner Dondero's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3993 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Dondero 0.8
Art Unit 3993 1.8

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Dondero has granted 306 of 348 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Dondero has granted 30 of 34 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 88%.

Interview Benefit

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

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17959160 Sliding Component Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18612436 Fastener Handling Devices For Fastener Setting Machines, And Related Methods Patented View
16707701 Dual Wire Welding System And Method Patented View
16707659 Dual Wire Welding System And Method Patented View
17327916 Stuffed Waffle Maker Abandoned View
18447283 Safety Restraint For Break-Away Wheel Assemblies Patented View
18126530 Electronic Device Including Housing Containing Metallic Materials Patented View
17663443 Robot Hand Patented View
18675692 Liquid Ejection Head And Recording Device Patented View
18516814 Heat Engines, Systems For Providing Pressurized Refrigerant, And Related Methods Patented View
18380805 Flexible Cable Patented View
17742574 Conveying Assembly For Snowmaking Apparatus Patented View
18634775 Equalized Hydraulic Clamp Force Control Patented View
18674054 Engine Device Abandoned View
17896529 Improvements Relating To Smoking Article Assembly Patented View
17890303 Improvements Relating To Smoking Article Assembly Patented View
18141065 System And Method For Coupling An Implement To A Work Vehicle Patented View
17867498 Intrascopic Hydraulic Cylinder Patented View
17499914 Apparatus And Method For Dispensing Solid Substances Patented View
18098928 Turbine Powered Electricity Generation Abandoned View
17988657 Lubricant Guiding Structure In Automatic Transmission Patented View
17974866 Socket Structure With Duplex Electrical Connection Patented View
18526217 Horizontal Articulated Robot Patented View
18127621 Personal Vaporizer Having Reversing Air Flow Patented View
16945386 Mobile Fueling System And Method Patented View
17673724 Compressor Having Round Part Placed Near Outlet Port Patented View
18110573 Temperature Controlled Food Tray System Patented View
17380484 Apparatus For Transporting And Dispensing Wire Or Cable From A Barrel Pack Patented View
18075644 Automatic Cut And Transfer Coiler And Or Spooler Patented View
17407988 Apparatus And Method For A Free-Spinning Wire Dispensing Reel Patented View
17173982 Yarn Feeding Assembly For Heat Setting Applications, And Systems And Methods Of Using Same Patented View
17211555 Textile Machine Producing Cross-Wound Packages And Method For Operating A Textile Machine Producing Cross-Wound Packages Patented View
17480637 Compact Motorized Tensioning Device For Footwear Patented View
17704311 Method And Device For Monitoring A Yarn Tension Of A Running Yarn Patented View
17317336 Bobbin Loader Apparatus And Method Patented View
17272889 Wound Body And Method For Manufacturing Wound Body Patented View
18174272 Method Of Installing Cable On Cable Reel Abandoned View
17572141 Web Transport Control Device Abandoned View
17962264 Stackable Wire-Dispensing Container Patented View
17590294 Yarn Carrier Tubes Patented View
17286961 Device For Correcting Meandering In Non-Contact Conveyance For Strip Material Patented View
17571728 Low Tension Application Coiler Patented View
17268741 Device And Method For Braking A Conductor Patented View
17432674 Device And Method For Winding A Thread Patented View
17264017 Spreader Roll Patented View
17954239 Wire Caddy For Transporting And Dispensing Wire Or Cable Patented View
17346899 Spindle Unit Patented View
16960231 Lead Wire Pulling Out Mechanism Patented View
17716925 Power Driven Circuit Wire Box Patented View
16526595 Automated Creel Assemblies And Systems And Methods Of Making And Using Same Patented View

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