Examiner Rost Andrew J

3753-ROST-ANDREW-J

Employment Information

Art Unit:3753 — Fluid handling
Group:3750 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing
Classes: 251 — Valves and valve actuation
137 — Fluid handling
141 — Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means
222 — Dispensing
310 — Electrical generator or motor structure
454 — Ventilation
166 — Wells
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
494 — Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators
604 — Surgery
Phone:(571) 272-2711
Email:andrew.rost@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

63
3-Year Grant rate: 69% over 267 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 63rd

With Examiner Rost, you have a 69% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Rost is a harder examiner and in the 63rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Rost, 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 3753

Examiner Rost's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3753 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Rost 1.8
Art Unit 3753 1.3

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Rost has granted 139 of 210 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 66%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Rost has granted 45 of 57 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 79%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Rost, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 20%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17612654 Evaporative Cooler Operable In A Range Of Mounting Angles Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
19298508 Low-Spill Coupling Assembly Patented View
18628893 Inlet Controlled Regulating Valve Patented View
18381912 Damping Adjuster Patented View
18296366 Eccentric Process Control Valve Patented View
17026396 Fitting Nut, Fitting, Fluid Pressure Device, And Fluid Control System Patented View
18580903 Non-Return Valve For A Flow Channel Through Which A Flow Of Air Flows Patented View
18151303 Wide Range Tapping Sleeve Patented View
18095882 Vent Assembly Patented View
19110934 System For Operating A Valve Patented View
18632692 Nut Turning Tool And Fitting Nut Turning Method Patented View
18687972 An Improved Conical Element For Gas Passage In Multi-Stage Gas Taps Abandoned View
18650548 Valve Drive And Method Of Cleaning A Valve Patented View
17241258 Ball Valve With Internal Seal Arrangement, In Particular For Use In Motor Vehicle Refrigerant Circuits Abandoned View
17913052 Pinch Valve Patented View
18275187 Phononic Subsurface For Controlling Hypersonic Flow Abandoned View
18662795 Device For Supplying Liquid At Constant Amount And Method For Controlling Same Patented View
18999210 Low-Spill Coupling Assembly Patented View
18430971 Pinch Valve Tubes Useful With Pinch Valve Systems Patented View
18608751 Seal Assemblies And Related Valves And Methods Patented View
17802330 Closing Member Of A Gas Valve For Very High Pressure Patented View
18767066 Low-Spill Coupling Assembly Patented View
18768597 Low-Spill Coupling Assembly Patented View
19233499 Low-Spill Coupling Assembly Patented View
18500454 Bop Piston Booster And Bonnet Assembly Patented View
18008172 A Low Pressure Fluid Flow Control Valve Patented View
18275067 Valve, In Particular A Vacuum Valve Patented View
18110824 Battery-Powered Meter Coupling Valve Abandoned View
17627760 Discharge Connection For The Separated Discharge Of Fluids Of Different Densities Abandoned View
18368144 High Conductance Variable Orifice Valve Patented View
18518812 Inflating Connector Patented View
18465030 Barrel Valve Patented View
17711350 Stopcock, Plug For A Stopcock, And Method For Producing A Plug For A Stopcock Patented View
18532514 Low-Spill Coupling Assembly Patented View
18320027 Hammer Shear Ram Patented View
17896768 Valve Packing Apparatus And Related Methods Patented View
18161357 Pinch Valve Patented View
17480435 Control Valve Position Detection Patented View
19000329 Charging Complete Device For Hollow Sphere Patented View
18947601 Multi-Pump Linkage Grouting Operating System Patented View
18313028 Fluid Transfer Device And Method Of Use For Same Patented View
18041848 Integration Box And Pneumatic High Vacuum Flapper Valve Patented View
17320744 Fluid Control Valve System And Methods Patented View
17917066 Diversion Device, Series Of Diversion Devices And Use Of A Standard Interface For Fastening Different Variants Of Diversion Devices Abandoned View
18509706 Ringless Zero Clearance Closure Patented View
18474586 Side Packer For A Blowout Preventer Patented View
17921685 Valve Patented View
18053214 Timer With Flare Fittings And Tactile Dial Patented View
17828809 Modular Valve Assembly Patented View
16995631 Valves Patented View

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