Examiner Valvis Alexander M (SPE)

3791-VALVIS-ALEXANDER-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:3791 — Surgery
Group:3790 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
Classes: 239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
169 — Fire extinguishers
600 — Surgery
219 — Electric heating
137 — Fluid handling
392 — Electric resistance heating devices
Phone:(571) 272-4233
Email:alexander.valvis@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Supvy Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-15

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

58
3-Year Grant rate: 72% over 163 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 58th

With Examiner Valvis (SPE), you have a 72% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Valvis (SPE) is a medium examiner and in the 58th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Valvis (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 3791

Examiner Valvis (SPE)'s grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3791 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Valvis (SPE) 2.2
Art Unit 3791 1.9

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Valvis (SPE) has granted 68 of 106 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 64%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Valvis (SPE) has granted 49 of 57 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 86%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Valvis (SPE), conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 34%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18136171 Fire Suppression Apparatus Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
17665071 Temperature Sensor Devices And Methods For The Use Thereof Patented View
18248274 Method And Apparatus For Testing A Tunnel Fire Suppression System Patented View
17716500 System And Method For Functional Stability Planning Of Replacement Joints Patented View
18337456 Endothermic And Fire Suppressive Material And Lithium Battery Module Patented View
17543564 Implantable Reporting Processor For An Alert Implant Patented View
17543549 Implantable Reporting Processor For An Alert Implant Patented View
17524237 Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Device And A Method For Secure User Identity Confirmation While Maintaing Anonimity Abandoned View
15775683 Extended Coverage Dry Pendent Storage Sprinkler For A Large Storage Freezer Patented View
15582020 Crop Spraying Vehicle Patented View
16507209 Folding Spray Implements Having Low Peak Fold Height-To-Wingspan Ratios And Agricultural Work Vehicles Including The Same Patented View
16587947 Spray Pattern Of Nozzle Systems Patented View
15518263 Articulated Nozzle-Holder Boom Arm For Agricultural Sprayer Patented View
16077148 Long-Throw Fire Protection Sprinkler Patented View
16237378 Foam Producing And Dispensing Apparatus And Method Patented View
16318400 Rotary Atomizing Head Type Coating Machine Patented View
16209365 Removable Aerial Application System Patented View
16318375 Foldable Watering Pot Patented View
16248260 Misting Fan Patented View
15858685 Elastomeric Emitter And Methods Relating To Same Patented View
16211427 Micro-Current Therapy Beauty Care Shower Head And Micro-Current Therapy Patented View
16276816 Switching Valve And Intermittent Air Blow Gun Patented View
16507759 Nozzle Abandoned View
15900390 Washer Fluid Vehicle Reservoir Patented View
16235459 Automotive Image Sensor Surface Washing And Drying System Patented View
15123911 Component Manufacture Patented View
15906234 Asymmetric Load Compensation System Patented View
16237852 Touchless Receptacle With Active Fragrancing Patented View
16355952 Showerhead With Dual Oscillating Massage Patented View
16202266 Portable Device To Reduce Fire Damage From A Neighborhood Fire Abandoned View
16270527 Spraying Apparatus Patented View
16248907 Fuel Injector Patented View
16314452 Emitter And Tube For Drip Irrigation Patented View
16247889 Electrostatic Atomizing Apparatus And Electrically-Charged Water Particle Spraying Apparatus Patented View
16733082 Speed Controlled Nutating Sprinkler Patented View
16142967 Pressure Maintenance Device With Automatic Switchover For Use In A Fire Protection Sprinkler System, And A Related Method Patented View
15128989 Extruded Metal Flow 3d Printer Patented View
15811355 Corrosion Monitoring In A Fire Sprinkler System Patented View
16172785 Hybrid Spray Apparatus Patented View
15121554 Inductive Heating Device And System For Aerosol-Generation Patented View
15662431 Nozzle For Thermal Spray Gun And Method Of Thermal Spraying Abandoned View
16038577 Fire Extinguishing Container Patented View
15021436 Fluid Management For Vibrating Perforate Membrane Spray Systems Patented View
15923576 Hollow-Wall Heat Shield For Fuel Injector Component Abandoned View
15230272 Dry Sprinkler Assemblies Patented View
16314078 Liquid Dispenser With A Discharge Head Patented View
15612448 Dispensing Nozzle Abandoned View
15613849 Fertilizer Application System Using Multiple Longitudinal Distributors Abandoned View
16157453 Tri-Directional Break-Away Boom Assembly Patented View
15616805 Direct Fuel Injector Patented View

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