Examiner Pettitt John F

3763-PETTITT-JOHN-F

Employment Information

Art Unit:3763 — Heat exchange
Group:3760 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
Classes: 220 — Receptacles
137 — Fluid handling
141 — Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means
165 — Heat exchange
248 — Supports
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
290 — Prime-mover dynamo plants
211 — Supports: racks
505 — Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
Phone:(571) 272-0771
Email:john.pettitt@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

92
3-Year Grant rate: 24% over 222 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 92nd

With Examiner Pettitt, you have a 24% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Pettitt is an extremely hard examiner and in the 92nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Pettitt, 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 3763

Examiner Pettitt's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3763 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Pettitt 2.4
Art Unit 3763 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Pettitt has granted 37 of 160 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 23%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Pettitt has granted 17 of 62 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 27%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Pettitt, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 17%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18685938 Hydrogen Storage-Compression System Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18565968 Method And Plant For Hydrogen Liquefaction Abandoned View
18503507 Apparatus, System And Method For Heat And Cold Recovery Onboard A Floating Storage Regasification Unit Abandoned View
18134758 Nitrogen Generating Device And Nitrogen Generating Method Patented View
16492645 Thermally Insulating Sealed Tank Comprising A Reinforcing Insulating Plug Patented View
16634673 Fluid Supply Device And Fluid Supply Method Abandoned View
18788094 Energy Storage Energy System Abandoned View
16979648 Air Conditioner Having Humidifier Patented View
16412528 Vacuum Vessel Abandoned View
16615748 Boil-Off Gas Reliquefaction System Abandoned View
17875128 Methods And Systems For Natural Gas Purification Integrated With Gas Compression Abandoned View
18023715 A Hydrogen Or Helium Throttling Liquefaction System Using Direct Current Flow From The Cold And Hot Ends Of The Regenerative Cryocoolers Patented View
16113215 System And Method For Natural Gas Liquid Production With Flexible Ethane Recovery Or Rejection Patented View
17558524 Apparatus And Process For Liquefying Gases Patented View
18030379 Method For Supplying Cryogenic Fluid To A User Station, In Particular A Machining Station Abandoned View
18315798 Cryogenic Storage System Abandoned View
17974768 Gas Processing Methodology Utilizing Reflux And Additionally Synthesized Stream Optimization Abandoned View
16405118 Method For Synthesis Gas Purification Abandoned View
17567030 Integrated Compression And Membrane Separation Process For Removal Of Co2 From Raw Natural Gas Abandoned View
17854466 Method And Apparatus For Cooling In Liquefaction Process Abandoned View
16657292 Dewar Tipper Abandoned View
17985280 Refrigeration System Abandoned View
17481055 Apparatus For The Separation Of Air By Cryogenic Distillation Comprising Three Columns, Including Two Concentric Columns Abandoned View
17580830 Method For Flexible Recovery Of Argon From A Cryogenic Air Separation Unit Abandoned View
17580860 System And Method For Flexible Recovery Of Argon From A Cryogenic Air Separation Unit Abandoned View
18038386 Method And System For Assisting The Management Of A Liquefied Gas Transport Ship Of The Type Consuming Evaporated Gas For Its Propulsion Patented View
16966303 Air-Conditioning Light-Emitting System Abandoned View
17393477 Phase Implementation Of Natural Gas Liquid Recovery Plants Patented View
16732002 Conduit Seal Assembly Abandoned View
16297000 Systems And Methods For Lng Refrigeration And Liquefaction Patented View
17073579 Solid State Hydrogen Storage Device Including Plate Type Heat Exchanger Abandoned View
16207404 Method And Device For Precooling A Cryostat Patented View
18288785 Dynamic Acoustic Impedance Matching For Cryocoolers Abandoned View
17555292 Enclosure And Method For Constructing An Enclosure Of An Apparatus For Separation By Cryogenic Distillation Abandoned View
16956755 Device And System For Condensing Gas Abandoned View
17515475 Methods For Fabricating Pressure Vessels Patented View
17863775 Boil-Off Gas Reliquefaction Method And System For Lng Vessel Abandoned View
17887999 Automatic Vegetation Watering Apparatus And Method Patented View
18400598 Methane Retention System Abandoned View
18400238 Methane Retention System Abandoned View
17940482 Boil-Off Gas Reliquefaction System Patented View
17930489 Full Liquid-Product Air Separation Equipment And Process Therefor Abandoned View
17326126 Method For Cooling A System In The 120k To 200k Range Abandoned View
18651663 Lng Gas Supply Systems For Ships Patented View
17310346 Method And Filling Device For Filling A Transport Tank Abandoned View
16260288 Configurations And Methods For Ngl Recovery For High Nitrogen Content Feed Gases Patented View
17218311 Mobile Liquefaction Plant For Liquefying Helium, Associated System, And Associated Use Of The System Abandoned View
17208210 Helium Circulation System, Cryogenic Refrigeration Method, And Biomagnetism Measuring Apparatus Abandoned View
17381404 Air Separation Apparatus, Adsorber, And Method Patented View
17187956 Method And Apparatus For Cooling Down A Cryogenic Heat Exchanger And Method Of Liquefying A Hydrocarbon Stream Abandoned View

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