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  6. Examiner Lee

Examiner Lee Geoffrey S

3746-LEE-GEOFFREY-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:3746 — Pumps
Group:3740 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
Classes: 417 — Pumps
415 — Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
416 — Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
128 — Surgery
324 — Electricity: measuring and testing
290 — Prime-mover dynamo plants
310 — Electrical generator or motor structure
184 — Lubrication
361 — Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Phone:(571) 272-5354
Email:geoffrey.lee@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:10 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

73
3-Year Grant rate: 59% over 212 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 73rd

With Examiner Lee, you have a 59% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Lee is a harder examiner and in the 73rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Lee, 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 Lee's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3746 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Lee 2.1
Art Unit 3746 1.4

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Lee has granted 75 of 136 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 55%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Lee has granted 51 of 76 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 67%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Lee, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 22%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18191119 Fluid Control Device Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18470388 Diaphragm Pump Patented View
18069234 Rotary Machine With Refrigerant Flow Path Patented View
18565123 Pressure Multiplier Patented View
17972717 Fluid End With Transition Surface Geometry Patented View
17064668 Cartridge Style Front Cover And Coupling Cavity Sleeve For Automotive Supercharger Patented View
18328212 Centrifugal Blower Including Shrouded Mixed Flow Impeller For Enhanced Cooling Patented View
17989166 Elastic Guided Valve Abandoned View
18851539 Rim Driven Thruster And Method For Propelling A Ship Abandoned View
17025322 Unibody Shift Rod Plunger Abandoned View
18352617 Pressure Device Abandoned View
17687923 Adhesive Joint Features Abandoned View
18204516 Reciprocating Molten Metal Pump Patented View
18202854 Multipurpose Inflation Pump Patented View
17898412 Variable Speed Hydraulic Motor Driven Fuel Systems Abandoned View
18457459 Hydrostatic Machine Comprising A Cam Ring With Adjacent Bearings Of Same Outer Diameter, And Manufacturing Method Abandoned View
17901455 Personal Air Sampling Pump Assembly Patented View
17907528 Pump Control Device And Pump Control System Patented View
18000881 Vacuum System Apparatus And Method Abandoned View
18346401 Electric Air Pump Abandoned View
18448884 Automatic Oil Return Structure Patented View
17631574 Switching Device For A Concrete Pump Abandoned View
17784527 Reciprocating Hermetic Compressor With Axial Flux Motor Abandoned View
16468203 Piston Pump With A High Delivery Rate At A Low Rotational Speed And Use Of A Piston Pump In A Wind Turbine Abandoned View
18142104 Partial Stroke Fluidic Pump-Motor With High Mechanical Efficiency Patented View
17441555 Vacuum Pump And Control Apparatus Of Vacuum Pump With Water Leakage Prevention Between The Pump Main Body And Control Apparatus Patented View
17256032 Hermetic Refrigerant Compressor And Refrigerator-Freezer Using The Same Abandoned View
18360283 Systems And Methods For Controlling Vehicle Air Compressor Patented View
17887004 Radial Piston Hydraulic Motor Comprising Hollow Rotating Shaft Inside The Motor Abandoned View
16824409 Frac Pump Automatic Rate Adjustment And Critical Plunger Speed Indication Abandoned View
18067370 Micromembrane Pumping Device Patented View
17657380 Multi Piston Machine With At Least Three Switchable Displacement Volumes Patented View
18260651 Centrifugal Blower Patented View
18219950 Variable Output, Hydraulic Drive System Patented View
18077329 Machine And Method For Vacuum Assisted Servicing Of A Fluid Enclosure Patented View
18190946 Systems And Methods For Peristaltic Endoscope Cleaning Abandoned View
18548402 Motor, Fan Apparatus, Refrigeration Apparatus Abandoned View
17958454 Long Stroke Beam Pumping Unit Abandoned View
18331679 Axial Pump Assemblies Patented View
18146587 Pumping System Patented View
17941969 Reciprocating Pump Turning And Barring Tool Patented View
18188698 Electric Pump Patented View
17611816 Vacuum Pump And Protection Member Provided In Vacuum Pump Abandoned View
17059146 Pump Body Assembly, Fluid Machinery, And Heat Exchange Device Patented View
17612869 A Turbomolecular Pump, A Vacuum Pumping System And A Method Of Evacuating A Vacuum Chamber Abandoned View
17271838 Method For Detecting The State Of Operation Of A Rotating Machine Patented View
17641564 Piezoelectric Pump And Pump Unit Abandoned View
17897477 Self-Priming Water Jacket With Priming Inlet Abandoned View
18739553 Integrated Inflation And Deflation Air Pump Patented View
18508124 Pump System And Electronics Device Patented View

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