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  6. Examiner Vu

Examiner Vu Stephen A

3654-VU-STEPHEN-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3654 — Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 294 — Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
414 — Material or article handling
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
901 — Robots
251 — Valves and valve actuation
361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
279 — Chucks or sockets
269 — Work holders
156 — Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Phone:(571) 272-1961
Email:stephen.vu@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:16 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

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3-Year Grant rate: 89% over 493 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 23rd

With Examiner Vu, you have a 89% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Vu is an easier examiner and in the 23rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Vu, 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 3654

Examiner Vu's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3654 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Vu 1.2
Art Unit 3654 1.1

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Vu has granted 375 of 426 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Vu has granted 64 of 67 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 96%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Vu, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 9%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17717026 Substrate Transfer Device And Substrate Processing Apparatus Having The Same Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17782068 Device And Method For Gripping An Object Patented View
17580678 Robotic Arm Patented View
17778772 Gripper Device For Robot Arm Patented View
17660180 Magnetic Device Emplacement Tool Patented View
17724791 Portable Vacuum Gripper Abandoned View
17782932 Vacuum Suction Cylinder Assembly Patented View
17754769 Method And Apparatus For An Adaptable Suction Device Patented View
17787914 Gripping Device, Robot And Control Method Abandoned View
18851812 Magnetic Coupling Device With Movable Workpiece Interfaces Patented View
18325998 System Of Robots And Robotic Parts Including Method Of Construction And Method Of Use Patented View
17637968 Gripper Arrangement For Component Placement On Mounting Plates In Switchgear And Control System Manufacturing Patented View
17698187 Robot Hand Module Patented View
17585873 Sliding Guide Block For Robot End Effector Patented View
17638382 Suction Unit And Suction Device Patented View
17573859 Holding Device And Conveying System Patented View
19104306 Handling Tool For Medical Equipment Patented View
18947728 Component Handling Systems And Methods Patented View
18623996 Vacuum Gripper Patented View
19220038 Biomimetic Dexterous Fingers And Biomimetic Robots Patented View
17548164 Pocketed Reusable Bag Holder Patented View
18332635 Payload Retriever Having Multiple Slots For Use With A Uav Patented View
17576478 Non-Conductive Magnetic Retrieval Tool Patented View
18670754 Robot Gripper For Moving Wafer Carriers And Packing Materials And Method Of Operating The Same Patented View
17573586 Device For Correcting Robotic Arm Patented View
18753634 Apparatus, System And Method For Providing An End Effector Patented View
19062400 Portable Device For Collecting And Disposing Pet Waste Patented View
18568736 Adjustable End-Of-Arm Tool Or Fixture Patented View
17555327 Visualization Of Fish While Fishing In A Wellbore Patented View
17595824 Adhesive Based Gripping Of Objects Patented View
17377697 Grip For A Foldable Electronic Device Patented View
17615455 Tactile Sensor, Robot Hand, And Robot Abandoned View
18409528 Kinetic And Dimensional Optimization For A Tendon-Driven Gripper Patented View
17595586 Rope Having An End Connector Segment Comprising Two Rope-Branches With Unequal Lengths Patented View
17479868 Transporting Mattresses Abandoned View
19223945 Kinematics Of A Mechanical End Effector Patented View
17561160 Robot Hand Patented View
17535563 Single - Double Load Clamp Patented View
19211867 Telescopic Picker Patented View
19090777 System And Method For Retrieving Objects Patented View
18492856 Electromagnetic Gripping Device Patented View
18074018 Grip Device And Robot Device Comprising Same Patented View
17534465 Structure Of Claw Solenoid Abandoned View
17881248 Animal Waste Collecting Assembly And Method Patented View
17526860 Beam Rotation Device And System Patented View
19004579 Multi-Degree-Of-Freedom Bionic Dexterous Hand Patented View
17618521 Vacuum Gripper And Workpiece Sucking And Holding Method Patented View
17470827 Robotic Gripper Apparatus Patented View
18629864 Hydraulic Cleaning Apparatus Abandoned View
17607882 Pickup And Laydown Station Systems For Grow Tower Production Patented View

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