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  6. Examiner Clark

Examiner Clark Ryan T

3794-CLARK-RYAN-T

Employment Information

Art Unit:3794 — Surgery
Group:3790 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
Classes: 606 — Surgery
607 — Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
600 — Surgery
601 — Surgery: kinesitherapy
Phone:(408) 918-7606
Email:ryan.clark3@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:10 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

84
3-Year Grant rate: 44% over 144 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 84th

With Examiner Clark, you have a 44% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Clark is a very hard examiner and in the 84th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Clark, 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 3794

Examiner Clark's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3794 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Clark 2.5
Art Unit 3794 2.0

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Clark has granted 28 of 69 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 41%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Clark has granted 36 of 75 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 48%.

Interview Benefit

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

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17739361 Electrosurgical Systems And Methods For Time Domain Reflectometry Based Tissue Sensing Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
17705622 Energizable Instrument Assembly Patented View
17607646 Electrosurgical Instrument With Non-Liquid Thermal Transfer Patented View
17572305 Cutting Instrument Patented View
17529680 Endoscopic Surgical Device Patented View
16933500 Endoscopic Device Patented View
17545593 Access And Ablation System And Method For Use Thereof Patented View
17641355 High Frequency Treatment Handpiece Having Roller Electrodes Patented View
17084981 Electrosurgical Instruments For Sealing And Dissection Abandoned View
17148946 Systems And Methods Of Communicating Thermal Information For Surgical Robotic Devices Abandoned View
17825021 Multi-Function Surgical Instruments And Selection Assemblies For Multi-Function Surgical Instruments Abandoned View
17915069 Surgical Instruments, Systems, And Methods Incorporating Ultrasonic, Electrosurgical, And Fluid Delivery Functionality Abandoned View
17684610 Coatings For Treatment Device Abandoned View
17658947 Targeted Lung Denervation With Directionally-Adjustable Perfusion Abandoned View
16984637 Endoscopic Device Abandoned View
16909161 Fluid Cassette With Polymeric Membranes And Integral Inlet And Outlet Tubes For Patient Heat Exchange System Patented View
17642941 Microwave Ablation Needle Head And Microwave Ablation Needle Patented View
17611723 Catheters That Deliver Pulsed Electrical Field For Targeted Cellular Ablation Abandoned View
18623886 Eustachian Tube Modification Patented View
17647118 System And Method For Magnetically Mediated Plasma Treatment Of Cancer With Enhanced Selectivity Abandoned View
18418395 Electrosurgical Pencil Patented View
17683635 Variable Impedance Paths For Delivery Of Electric Fields Patented View
17190682 System And User Interface For Displaying Actual Operating Parameters And Ideal Operating Parameters Patented View
17348690 Large Area Hemostasis With Vessel Sealing Patented View
18094048 Endosurgical Device And Method Of Use Patented View
18057621 Treatment Device Having Multifunctional Sensing Elements And Method Of Use Patented View
18737059 Apparatus And Methods For Impingement Cooling Abandoned View
16591126 Controlled Sympathectomy And Micro-Ablation Systems And Methods Patented View
17963038 Universal Self-Limiting Electrosurgical Return Electrode Patented View
17068940 Rotation Mechanism For Surgical Instruments Patented View
15575621 Electrosurgical Coagulation Instrument Patented View
17693115 Body Temperature Regulation Abandoned View
17285078 Limiting Device And Method For Using Same Abandoned View
17188833 Energy Delivery Device And Methods Of Use Patented View
17544731 Devices And Systems For Accessing Cardiac Tissue Abandoned View
18539517 Jaw For Surgical Instrument End Effector Patented View
17795926 Heat Distribution Model Databases For Planning Thermal Ablation Abandoned View
18551187 Methods Of Separating Dissimilar Materials With Electrosurgical Electrodes And Systems And Methods Including Same Abandoned View
17337737 Methods Of Separating Dissimilar Materials With Electrosurgical Electrodes And Systems And Methods Including Same Abandoned View
17143337 Treatment Tool Abandoned View
17684086 Electrosurgical System And Method For Operating An Electrosurgical System Patented View
18496091 Therapeutic Energy Systems Abandoned View
17363578 Electrosurgical Tool With Capacitive Coupling Mitigation Sheath Assembly Abandoned View
16024075 Safety Systems For Smart Powered Surgical Stapling Patented View
17368992 Battery Operated Tissue Coring Device Abandoned View
17143246 Controller, Treatment System, And Method For Actuating Controller Abandoned View
18094928 System For Stimulating Renal Nerves Patented View
18134426 Disposable End Effectors Patented View
16906049 Energy Treatment Device And Method For Manufacturing Energy Treatment Device Patented View
18120158 Methods Of Reducing Adverse Effects Of Non-Thermal Ablation Patented View

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