Examiner Wiest Philip R

3781-WIEST-PHILIP-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:3781 — Surgery
Group:3780 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising
Classes: 604 — Surgery
422 — Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
606 — Surgery
210 — Liquid purification or separation
435 — Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
424 — Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Phone:(571) 272-3235
Email:philip.wiest@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

16
3-Year Grant rate: 91% over 371 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 16th

With Examiner Wiest, you have a 91% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Wiest is a very easy examiner and in the 16th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Wiest, 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 3781

Examiner Wiest's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3781 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Wiest 1.1
Art Unit 3781 1.6

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Wiest has granted 290 of 322 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 90%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Wiest has granted 47 of 49 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 96%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Wiest, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18160735 Medical Wetness Sensing Devices And Related Systems And Methods Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18212260 Extracorporeal Oxygenator With Integrated Air Removal System Patented View
17865059 Methods And Devices For Increasing Aqueous Drainage Of The Eye Patented View
19190495 Trauma Patient Hemorrhage Control Including Rapid Autotransfusion Patented View
19264838 Catheter-Based Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Ecmo) Patented View
18226613 Method And Systems For High-Throughput Blood Component Collection Patented View
17900424 Method And Apparatus For Assessing Cardiac Output In Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Blood Oxygenation Patented View
17450878 Cerebral Spinal Fluid Shunt Plug Patented View
16482575 Extracorporeal Blood Pump, Heart-Lung Machine, Method For Operating An Extracorporeal Blood Pump, And Method For Operating A Heart-Lung Machine Patented View
18036335 Dynamic Pressure Response System Patented View
18325466 Resource-Generating Dialysis System Abandoned View
17518060 Articles For Warming And Monitoring Patient During Dialysis Treatment Abandoned View
18066506 Pressure-Regulating Vial Adaptors Patented View
17663644 Subcutaneous Vascular Assemblies For Improving Blood Flow And Related Devices And Methods Patented View
17809821 Aseptic Piercing System And Method Patented View
17519103 Device For Detecting A Malfunctioning Of A Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt For Cerebrospinal Fluid Abandoned View
19177457 Medical Fluid Delivery Devices And Methods Patented View
18121905 Fecal Collection Systems And Methods Patented View
17160222 Wound Therapy System With Related Methods Therefor Patented View
17888039 New Ocular Device And Method For Glaucoma Treatment Abandoned View
18119459 Low Bleed Implantable Prosthesis With A Taper Patented View
18864699 System And Method For Maintaining Working Physiological Resin Bead Gel Composition Within An Artificial Kidney Patented View
17951153 Process Of Enzymatic Degradation Of An Absorbent Structure For A Hygiene Article Patented View
17712931 Vascular Access Catheter With Protectable Inline Needle And Associated Method Of Use Thereof Patented View
18192948 Systems And Methods For Endovascularly Accessing A Subarachnoid Space Patented View
17677285 Extracorporeal Blood Treatment Apparatus And Method For Checking The Connection Of A Soft Bag In An Extracorporeal Blood Treatment Apparatus Patented View
19092916 Devices And Methods For Extracorporeal Conditioning Of Blood Patented View
19235272 Medical Device And Ocular Implant For Treatment Of Ocular Disorders Patented View
18224631 Extensible Composite Having Ribs Patented View
19083513 Apparatuses For Drainage Of Degradable Glaucoma Capable Of Gradient Control Of Scars And Methods Of Making The Same Patented View
17961124 Systems And Methods For Creating Permanent Drainage Fistula Patented View
18443455 Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Patented View
17961075 Apparatuses And Methods For Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Patented View
17082016 Blood Processing Apparatus, Disposable Set, Method, And System Abandoned View
17863896 Dual Lumen Cannula With Expandable Lumen Patented View
17175549 Shunt For Redistributing Atrial Blood Volume Patented View
17403178 Absorbent Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Dressing Patented View
17408159 Compressible Wound Fillers And Systems And Methods Of Use In Treating Wounds With Negative Pressure Patented View
17176013 Processing Blood Patented View
17326974 Intraocular Drainage Device Patented View
17392804 Methods And Systems For High-Throughput Blood Component Collection Patented View
17394182 Fluid Control And Bypass Features For An Apheresis System Patented View
17092610 Externally Programable Magnetic Valve Assembly And Controller Patented View
17848978 Construction And Protection Of Components In Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems Patented View
17061372 Drug Eluting Ocular Implant Patented View
17851480 Point Of Injury Device To Stabilize Intracranial Pressure And Method Of Stabilization Patented View
16952565 Intravenous Infusion Dosage Form Patented View
18925370 Needle Dislodgement Detection Systems And Methods Patented View
18592373 Method And Apparatus For Catheter-Based Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Ecmo) Patented View
17404661 Intravenous Fluid Bag With An Integrated Valve Having A Seal With A Compressed State That Permits Fluid Flow Into The Bag And A Relaxed State Preventing Fluid Flow Patented View

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