Examiner Fulton Kristina R (SPE)

3675-FULTON-KRISTINA-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:3675 — Closure fasteners
Group:3670 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
Classes: 160 — Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
292 — Closure fasteners
411 — Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
446 — Amusement devices: toys
277 — Seal for a joint or juncture
109 — Safes, bank protection, or a related device
297 — Chairs and seats
Phone:(571) 272-7376
Email:kristina.fulton@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Supvy Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

96
3-Year Grant rate: 10% over 10 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 96th

With Examiner Fulton (SPE), you have a 10% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Fulton (SPE) is an extremely hard examiner and in the 96th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Fulton (SPE), 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 3675

Examiner Fulton (SPE)'s grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3675 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Fulton (SPE) 1.3
Art Unit 3675 1.6

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Fulton (SPE) has granted 1 of 9 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 11%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Fulton (SPE) has granted 0 of 1 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 0%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Fulton (SPE), conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 100%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18527003 Ceiling Grid Clip Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18289113 Mobile Home Clothes Drying Assembly Abandoned View
18521266 Method And Structure For Forming A Honeycomb Curtain Patented View
18408242 Ballistic Barrier Panel For Energy Transmission Equipment Patented View
18907455 Door Alignment Pin Bolt With The Thread On The Top Patented View
18545511 Boxcar Door Mechanism Abandoned View
18386632 Canvas Fixing Device For Aluminum Canvas Frame Patented View
17972564 Child Carrier Patented View
18206942 Detachable Fastener Abandoned View
18294026 Control Arrangement For Operating A Motor Vehicle Locking System Patented View
18020422 Coupling Assembly Of A Device For Fastening A Suspended Ceiling Abandoned View
17757423 Screw Drive Patented View
18071602 Bolt Fastening Structure And Anti-Vibration Device Including The Same Patented View
17013841 Fastener Structure And Method Of Manufacturing The Same Abandoned View
16751611 Position Indicator For Ball Lock Abandoned View
17312047 Door Lock Abandoned View
17183581 Lid Lock Unit Attachment Structure Abandoned View
16840711 Water-Tight Sealing System For A Bathtub Door Abandoned View
17257658 Locking System And A Methods For Manufacturing And Using The Same Abandoned View
16638996 Cover Locking Mechanism Abandoned View
16828931 Magnetic Lock Structure With Large Anti-Pulling Area Abandoned View
16565559 Brush Seal Abandoned View
16150838 Vehicle Door Lock Device Abandoned View
16273158 Seal Retainer For Internal Combustion Engine Abandoned View
15059633 Lock Patented View

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