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Examiner Walter Katherine J

3647-WALTER-KATHERINE-J

Employment Information

Art Unit:3647 — Aeronautics and astronautics
Group:3640 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
Classes: 244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
119 — Animal husbandry
Phone:(571) 272-6150
Email:None
Location:None
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:4 years
Grade:GS-09

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

53
3-Year Grant rate: 75% over 24 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 53rd

With Examiner Walter, you have a 75% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Walter is a medium examiner and in the 53rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Walter, 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 3647

Examiner Walter's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3647 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Walter 1.4
Art Unit 3647 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Walter has granted 13 of 18 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 72%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Walter has granted 5 of 6 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 83%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Walter, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 15%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
19067711 Pet Toy System And Apparatus Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18442940 Systems And Methods For Aircraft Wing Surfaces With Aerodynamic Patterns Abandoned View
18873392 Blocker Door For An Aircraft Thrust Reverser Patented View
19293488 Treat Retaining Pet Toy Patented View
18009273 Aquaculture Monitoring System And Method Abandoned View
18815831 One-Handed Leash With Quick-Release Mechanism Patented View
17250782 System And Method For Controlling Animals Patented View
18675050 Modular Flying Platform Patented View
18270382 Bird Feeding System Patented View
18143290 Farrowing Pen For A Group Farrowing Pen, And Respective Group Farrowing Pen Abandoned View
18793254 Pet Toy With Stowable/extendable Tail Patented View
18766062 Animal Toilet Patented View
17431960 Sensing And Integrating Data Of Environmental Conditions In Animal Research Patented View
17856320 Airfoil With Supersonic Wave-Tripping Structure Patented View
18636407 Animal Training Bumper Patented View
18560934 Cyclone Separation System Patented View
18458126 Pet Structures With Integrated Pet Toy Patented View
18077165 Treat Retaining Pet Toy Patented View
17789226 Propellant Management Method And Satellite Constellation Forming System Patented View
18240154 Pet Groomers' Accessories Patented View
18187834 Animal Collar Abandoned View
18223593 Aircraft Propulsion And Torque Mitigation Technologies Patented View
18519918 Pet Toy Abandoned View
18145418 Drain Apparatus Patented View
18811379 Blade Pitch Detection For An Aerial Vehicle Patented View
17884438 Pet Booster Seats And Methods For Making And Using The Same Patented View
18674927 Wingless Vtol Flying Land Vehicle Patented View
18548128 A Degassing Device And An Aquaculture System With Such A Degassing Device Patented View
18089605 Pet Restraint Bag Patented View
18177986 Dog Harness Assembly For Vehicle Patented View
18099896 System For Horizontal Take-Off And Landing Abandoned View
18336336 Hybrid Barrier For Aircraft Cabin Patented View
18448113 Robotic Aquaculture System And Methods Patented View
18233637 Rotorcraft With A Non-Retractable Wheel-Type Landing Gear Patented View
18462473 Animal Play Glove Device Abandoned View
17534802 Free Streamline Airfoil Abandoned View
18181256 Shellfish Microhatchery And Seeding Process Abandoned View
17981173 Compressible Animal Litter Patented View
18371445 Pet Collar Patented View
17714857 Landing Gear Actuation System Patented View
17296190 Modular Cargo Systems And Methods Abandoned View
17660450 Aircraft With Lifting Body Fuselage Profile Patented View
18316650 Propeller Blade Spacer For Aquaculture Net Cleaning Patented View
18158261 Oblique All-Wing Vehicle Patented View
17626860 Aquaculture System Abandoned View
17752688 Secondary Barriers For Use With Aircraft Patented View
17834550 Aerodynamic Rotary Interface Patented View
17954104 Single Plate For Assembling Cat Climbing Frame And Cat Climbing Frame Thereof Abandoned View
17635122 Optimised Nozzle Geometry Patented View
17963878 Airflow Plate Fins Abandoned View

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