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  5. Art Unit 3741
  6. Examiner Kramer (SPE)

Examiner Kramer Devon C (SPE)

3741-KRAMER-DEVON-C

Employment Information

Art Unit:3741 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Group:3740 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
Classes: 417 — Pumps
188 — Brakes
267 — Spring devices
123 — Internal-combustion engines
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
251 — Valves and valve actuation
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
Phone:(571) 272-7118
Email:devon.kramer@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Supvy Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:27 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

96
3-Year Grant rate: 7% over 42 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 96th

With Examiner Kramer (SPE), you have a 7% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kramer (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 Kramer (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 3741

Examiner Kramer (SPE)'s grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3741 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Kramer (SPE) 1.5
Art Unit 3741 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Kramer (SPE) has granted 2 of 33 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 6%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Kramer (SPE) has granted 1 of 9 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 11%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Kramer (SPE), conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 83%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18559566 Vibration Isolation Device Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
16211805 Apparatus And Method For Mitigating Particulate Accumulation On A Component Of A Gas Turbine Engine Patented View
18299817 Shock Absorber Patented View
18100353 Low-Resistance Lockable Gas Spring Patented View
18249998 Emergency Braking Apparatus For Vehicle Abandoned View
18120279 Off-Road Vehicle Having An Actively Adjustable Suspension Patented View
18184745 Universal Truck Brake Warning Sensor Abandoned View
18097315 Thermal Compression Reheating Cycle Patented View
18246134 Electronically Commutated Machine And Electronically Slip-Controllable Braking System Having An Electronically Commutated Machine Patented View
17606180 Method For Stability Analysis Of Combustion Chamber Of Gas Turbine Engine Based On Image Sequence Analysis Abandoned View
18351481 Engine Abandoned View
18109768 Combustor Section Support Structures Abandoned View
16433995 Engine And Thrust Control Of Aircraft In No Dwell Zone Abandoned View
17867786 Exhaust Valve Abandoned View
16482760 Liquid Supply System Abandoned View
16741102 Camshaft Follower Mechanism Abandoned View
17140511 Peristaltic Metering Pump And Methods Of Operation Patented View
17462473 Type Iii Cam Side Cylinder Deactivation Abandoned View
17175798 Valvetrain Configurations For Multilevel Dynamic Skip Fire Variable Valve Lift Switching And Cylinder Deactivation Abandoned View
16629789 Motor Arrangement And Pressure Washer With Such Motor Arrangement Abandoned View
17118647 Switching Roller Finger Follower For Bleeder Braking Abandoned View
16779403 Scroll Compressor Abandoned View
16833040 System And Method For Power Conditioning For An Electric Submersible Pump Operation In An Oil Production Field Abandoned View
16796416 Electric Compression And Expansion Apparatus And Air Conditioning System Including The Same Abandoned View
17023197 Dewar Vacuum Maintenance Systems For Intermittently Powered Sensors Patented View
17070586 Fan Module And Motor Patented View
15792469 Development Of A Switching Roller Finger Follower For Cylinder Deactivation In Internal Combustion Engines Abandoned View
16980663 Submersible Pump Motor That Can Work With Compressed Air Abandoned View
15762485 Turbocharged Engine Control Device Abandoned View
15762187 Engine With Turbo Supercharger Abandoned View
16473029 Wastegate Valve Abandoned View
15145860 Apparatus For A Charging System Of An Internal Combustion Engine Abandoned View
15905946 Exhaust Turbine Power Generation System Abandoned View
14903264 Circuit Assembly With Vibration-Proof Circuit Component Fixing Structure, And Vehicular Electric Compressor Abandoned View
16292633 Engine Valvetrain Controls As Connecting Valves For Dual-Volute Turbochargers Abandoned View
16291571 Engine With Electric Compressor Boost And Dedicated Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Abandoned View
16014270 Control System For A Heat Exchanger Abandoned View
15887451 Fan Unit, Method Of Manufacturing Same And Motor Drive Device Abandoned View
15742495 Piezoelectric Ceramic Air Pump And Construction Method Thereof Abandoned View
15935710 Pumping System Abandoned View
15191136 Electric Motor Control For Pumpjack Pumping Abandoned View
15852984 Electric Compressor Abandoned View
15900183 Roller Unit And Rotary Compressor Abandoned View
15803160 Variable Displacement Type Swash Plate Compressor Abandoned View
15184136 Fuel Pump Abandoned View
15472792 Electric Compressor Abandoned View
15427673 Handheld Blower Abandoned View
15462122 Variable Displacement Type Swash Plate Compressor Abandoned View
15042202 Two-Cylinder Thick Matter Pump Having A Transfer Tube Abandoned View
15353135 Variable Displacement Type Swash Plate Compressor Abandoned View

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