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Examiner Ou Jing Rui

3771-OU-JING-RUI

Employment Information

Art Unit:3771 — Surgery
Group:3770 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
Classes: 606 — Surgery
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
600 — Surgery
227 — Elongated-member-driving apparatus
604 — Surgery
Phone:(571) 270-5036
Email:jing.ou@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Engrg
Service:19 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

81
3-Year Grant rate: 50% over 220 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 81st

With Examiner Ou, you have a 50% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ou is a very hard examiner and in the 81st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ou, 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 3771

Examiner Ou's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3771 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Ou 2.2
Art Unit 3771 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Ou has granted 74 of 152 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 49%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Ou has granted 37 of 68 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 54%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Ou, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 10%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18678170 Delivery Device For Prosthetic Heart Valve With Capsule Adjustment Device Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17880085 Fully Crimped Stent For Treating Bifurcations Patented View
18085929 Device And Method For Cinching Sutures And A Quick-Release Mechanism Abandoned View
18430373 Apparatus And Method Of Placement Of A Graft Or Graft System Patented View
18458715 Suture Passer Devices And Methods Patented View
18479023 Pre-Formed Parastomal Hernia Reinforcement Mesh Patented View
17665804 Vascular Prosthesis Patented View
17492196 Flow Restricting Intravascular Devices For Treating Edema Patented View
18651328 Methods Of Intracerebral Implant Delivery Abandoned View
17348206 Methods And Apparatus For Fixing Sheet-Like Materials To A Target Tissue Patented View
17460916 Quilted Implantable Graft Abandoned View
18013875 Anastomotic Coupling Device Abandoned View
17778278 Ultrasonic Probe Assembly And System Patented View
18488368 Subcutaneous Delivery Tool Abandoned View
18012567 System Comprising An Applicator And A Stent For A Eustachian Tube Patented View
17516241 Anchors And Anchoring Systems Patented View
17339100 Non-Invasive Device And Method For Face Lift Patented View
18511276 Connection System For The Detachable Fixation Of A Hollow Cylindrical Component At A Recess Abandoned View
18104579 Sealing Device And Delivery System Patented View
17004415 Occluder Including External Skirt Patented View
17078491 Endovascular Fixation Device Patented View
17332747 Occlusive Device Abandoned View
18178578 Suture Gripping Device Abandoned View
17833193 Quilted Implantable Graft Abandoned View
16906557 Quilted Implantable Graft Abandoned View
17315150 Embolic Occlusion Device And Method Abandoned View
18142244 Microstructure Soft Tissue Graft Patented View
17163758 Energy Treatment Tool Patented View
17730173 Eyeball Attachment Tube Abandoned View
17470033 Medical Device For Removing An Implanted Object Using Laser Cut Hypotubes Abandoned View
18237446 Delivery System Aid And Associated Systems And Methods Patented View
18222270 Endoluminal Stent And Endoluminal Stent System Patented View
18482428 Subcutaneous Delivery Tool Patented View
17881326 Sealing Device And Delivery System Patented View
17492418 Vessel Closure Device With Improved Safety And Tract Hemostasis Patented View
18423952 Blood Flow Reducer For Cardiovascular Treatment Abandoned View
15821343 Embolic Occlusion Device And Method Abandoned View
18232591 Ultrasonic Surgical Blades Patented View
17080555 Alignment And Attachment Systems For Medical Instruments Patented View
17024667 Delivery Systems For Cardiac Valve Devices, And Associated Methods Of Operation Patented View
18671186 Lymphangiogenesis Inducing Device Patented View
18386585 Apparatus And Method To Stop Bleeding Abandoned View
18150929 Delivery Systems With Telescoping Capsules For Deploying Prosthetic Heart Valve Devices And Associated Methods Patented View
18544266 System And Method For Transaortic Delivery Of A Prosthetic Heart Valve Patented View
18333775 Surgical Instrument With Locking Articulation Drive Wheel Patented View
18335589 Mitral Leaflet Tethering Patented View
18390201 Systems And Processes For Inserting An Intraocular Lens Patented View
17249473 Devices, Treatments And Methods To Restore Tissue Elastic Recoil Abandoned View
16649821 Assembly And Method For The Preparation Of A Wound Dressing Patented View
17013085 Eye Surgery Surgical System And Computer Implemented Method For Providing The Position Of At Least One Trocar Point Patented View

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