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| 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 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 91% over 371 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Very Easy |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 16th
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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).
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.
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 |
Examiner Wiest has granted 290 of 322 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 90%.
Examiner Wiest has granted 47 of 49 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 96%.
With Examiner Wiest, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.
| 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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