Examiner Dounis Laert

3746-DOUNIS-LAERT

Employment Information

Art Unit:3746 — Pumps
Group:3740 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
Classes: 418 — Rotary expansible chamber devices
417 — Pumps
415 — Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
165 — Heat exchange
310 — Electrical generator or motor structure
205 — Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions
187 — Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
222 — Dispensing
122 — Liquid heaters and vaporizers
Phone:(571) 272-2146
Email:laert.dounis@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

54
3-Year Grant rate: 75% over 399 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 54th

With Examiner Dounis, you have a 75% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Dounis is a medium examiner and in the 54th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Dounis, 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 3746

Examiner Dounis's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3746 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Dounis 1.3
Art Unit 3746 1.4

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Dounis has granted 244 of 329 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 74%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Dounis has granted 57 of 70 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 81%.

Interview Benefit

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

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18987550 Gear Pump Parallel Load Path Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
19054410 Thermo-Magnetic Motor Patented View
18846179 Mobile Oil Stream Energy Recovery System Patented View
18711048 Systems, Devices, And Methods Relating To A Cooled Radiofrequency Treatment Procedure Patented View
18691302 Assembly For Compressing Gas Having A Housing Comprising Coolers In A Central Section, Method For Cooling, And Use Of Such An Assembly Patented View
18744460 Operation Method Of A Heat Engine Device Using A Single Ion Patented View
18659889 Pump Having Hollow Rotor Disposed In Stator Patented View
17099486 Emergency Terminal Stopping Systems Abandoned View
16952410 Elevator Safety Systems With Landing Door Monitoring Patented View
18421616 Constant Speed Accessory Gearbox For Turbine Engine Patented View
18662203 Pumped Heat Energy Storage System With Steam Cycle Abandoned View
18437497 Screw Compressor With A Variable Pitch And A Liquid Feed Mechanism Abandoned View
18850806 Scroll Compressor With Shaft Balancer And Bushing Balancer Patented View
18354492 Wind Turbine System With Wind Directors Located On Exterior Side Of A Building Abandoned View
18722493 Refrigerant Compressor With A Motor Rotor And Stator Separated By A Separating Can Patented View
18624282 Exhaust Gas Recirculation And Aftertreatment Control Patented View
18634573 Internal Combustion Engine Powered System, Charge Air Cooler Assembly, And Method Of Cooling Charge Air Patented View
18195814 Partially Cased Wellbore In Magma Reservoir Patented View
18703555 Rotor Stator Pump Patented View
18828379 Rotor Tilt Compensation In Pdm Stators Patented View
19189085 Thermal Energy Storage System For Simple And Combined Cycle Power Generation Patented View
18585994 Air Compressor Cylinder Head And Air Compressor Patented View
18699771 Scroll Compressor Abandoned View
18592721 Twin-Type Scroll Fluid Machine Abandoned View
18447530 Heat Source Temperature Regulation And Working Medium Detection For Closed-Cycle Power Conversion Equipment Abandoned View
18700684 Air Gap Magnetic Coupling With Thermal Isolation Patented View
18889699 Real-Time Control Of Reductant Droplet Spray Momentum And In-Exhaust Spray Distribution Patented View
18420359 Asymmetric Gas Bearing Bushing For Thermo-Pump Patented View
17559343 Expander Systems For Harnessing Energy From Pressurized Fluid Flow Abandoned View
17409204 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plant Abandoned View
18550151 Low Temperature Magnetohydrodynamics Power System Patented View
18561987 Stirling Engine With At Least Four Piston Assemblies Patented View
18195822 Geothermal System With A Pressurized Chamber In A Magma Wellbore Patented View
18761706 Clip-On Combination Fan Patented View
18605329 Motor-Driven Compressor With Noise Reduction Unit Patented View
18423995 Axial Fan Having Control Board Cover With Windows At Top Surface And Side Peripheral Surface Of Control Board Cover Patented View
18813156 Pv Cleaning System With Rack And Pinion Wiper Patented View
18103001 Organic Rankine Cycle With Integrated Fire Extinguishing Function Patented View
18398878 Direct Connect Piston-Driven Bellows Pump Patented View
17616251 Asymmetric Rotor Including A Cutting Edge And A Pump That Includes The Asymmetric Rotor Patented View
18653319 Thermal Energy Storage System Including A Plurality Of Vessels Each Having Hot And Cold Liquid Portions Separated By A Floating Piston Patented View
17926334 Method And System For Operating A Gas Compressor In An Ammonia And Urea Plant Patented View
18671018 Systems For Generating Geothermal Power In An Organic Rankine Cycle Operation During Hydrocarbon Production Based On Working Fluid Temperature Patented View
18594018 Electric Device Including Static-Removing Grounding Path Patented View
18576066 Screw Pump With A Tapered Suction-Side Section And A Pressure-Side Section With A Decreasing Clearance Patented View
18223811 Actuator Comprising Electrically Conductive Porous Material Patented View
18290789 Harvesting Of Thermal Energy By Nanomachines Patented View
18412241 Integrated Carbon Sequestration And Power Generation System And Methods Of Use Patented View
18691955 A Method And Apparatus For A Rotary Thermodynamic Cycle With Substantially Isobaric Fluid Admission Patented View
18476869 System For Optimizing Thermal Energy Generation From Multiple Energy Sources Patented View

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