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| Art Unit: | 3794 — Surgery |
|---|---|
| Group: | 3790 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| Classes: |
606 — Surgery 600 — Surgery 607 — Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application 604 — Surgery 702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing 433 — Dentistry 901 — Robots |
| Phone: | (571) 270-3201 |
| Email: | daniel.fowler@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr Biomedical Engrg |
| Service: | 16 years |
| Grade: | GS-14 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 73% over 358 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 57th
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With Examiner Fowler, you have a 73% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Fowler is a medium examiner and in the 57th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Fowler, 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 Fowler's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3794 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Fowler | 1.6 |
| Art Unit 3794 | 2.0 |
Examiner Fowler has granted 189 of 257 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 74%.
Examiner Fowler has granted 73 of 101 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 72%.
With Examiner Fowler, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 3%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18339095 | Electrosurgical Sealer And Divider | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 17303287 | Elongate Treatment Probe For Robotic Surgery | Patented | View | |
| 18061378 | Systems For Cardiac Ablation And Associated Methods | Patented | View | |
| 17045377 | High Density Electrode Mapping Catheter | Patented | View | |
| 17410349 | End Effector For Instrument With Ultrasonic And Electrosurgical Features | Abandoned | View | |
| 18025807 | Electrosurgical Resector Tool | Patented | View | |
| 17581097 | Distal Perfusion Cooling Mechanism | Abandoned | View | |
| 17819106 | Apparatuses And Methods For Ablation Treatments Including Probes With Handle Heating | Patented | View | |
| 18159212 | Managing Delivery Of Refrigerants To Medical Devices | Patented | View | |
| 18512202 | Medical Thermofusion Instrument | Patented | View | |
| 17392471 | Bipolar Forceps With Vessel Seal Testing | Patented | View | |
| 17837152 | Universal Motor Cartridge For Reposable Surgical Instrument | Abandoned | View | |
| 18761568 | Deployment Mechanism For Surgical Instruments | Patented | View | |
| 17140334 | Cryogenic Blunt Dissection Methods And Devices | Patented | View | |
| 18317698 | Catheter And System For Combined Ablation Modalities | Patented | View | |
| 18073272 | Cover For Flexible-Circuit Electrodes Of An Electrophysiology Balloon Catheter | Abandoned | View | |
| 17246768 | System And Method For Determining Ablation Lesion State | Abandoned | View | |
| 17410361 | Method Of Treating Tissue Using End Effector With Ultrasonic And Electrosurgical Features | Patented | View | |
| 18319348 | Bridge Pfa Biphasic Generator For Electroporation Using Finite Energy Transfer | Patented | View | |
| 18153306 | Anatomical Model Controlling | Patented | View | |
| 18073473 | Jaw Member, End Effector Assembly, And Method Of Manufacturing A Jaw Member Of An Electrosurgical Instrument | Patented | View | |
| 16317264 | Routing Mechanisms For Surgical Instruments, And Related Devices, Systems, And Methods | Patented | View | |
| 18713648 | Skin Treatment Device With Overheating Protection | Patented | View | |
| 19172339 | Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems | Patented | View | |
| 18645190 | Systems And Methods For Treatment Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Patented | View | |
| 17617798 | Cryotherapy Systems And Methods | Abandoned | View | |
| 18480139 | Cryoadhesive Device For Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion | Patented | View | |
| 17858119 | Articulation Joint Features For Articulating Surgical Device | Patented | View | |
| 17858355 | Surgical Instrument With Automated Activation | Abandoned | View | |
| 17849048 | Anti-Backdrive Mechanism For Vessel Sealing Instrument | Abandoned | View | |
| 18243860 | Stabilizing Pressure In Cryogenic Devices | Patented | View | |
| 17890397 | Surgical Instruments Incorporating Ultrasonic And Electrosurgical Functionality | Abandoned | View | |
| 18109908 | Apparatus And Method For Using A Remote Control System In Surgical Procedures | Patented | View | |
| 19246304 | Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems | Patented | View | |
| 18630337 | Systems And Methods For Control Of End Effectors | Patented | View | |
| 17844015 | Medical Instrument | Patented | View | |
| 17852911 | Treatment System And Control Parameter Calculation Method | Patented | View | |
| 18087035 | Surgical Instruments Incorporating Ultrasonic And Electrosurgical Functionality | Patented | View | |
| 17615712 | Catheter Configured To Measure A Force Acting On The Catheter | Abandoned | View | |
| 17074367 | Nasal Coagulation Suction Device And Methods | Patented | View | |
| 17799471 | High And Low Temperature Composite Ablation Surgery System | Patented | View | |
| 17158142 | Elongated Suction Attachment For Use With A Surgical Instrument That May Generate Smoke | Patented | View | |
| 17497192 | Electrosurgical Snare | Abandoned | View | |
| 17000693 | Footswitch For An Electrosurgical Instrument | Abandoned | View | |
| 18404641 | Methods Of Sterilization And Treating Infection Using Irreversible Electroporation | Patented | View | |
| 18643078 | Electrosurgical System With Tissue And Maximum Current Identification | Patented | View | |
| 17929334 | Ultrapolar Electrosurgery Blade And Ultrapolar Electrosurgery Pencil | Patented | View | |
| 18430794 | Electrosurgical Adaptation Techniques Of Energy Modality For Combination Electrosurgical Instruments Based On Shorting Or Tissue Impedance Irregularity | Patented | View | |
| 17860102 | Ophthalmic Surgical Device For Capsulotomy | Patented | View | |
| 15786303 | Device And Method For Tissue Treatment By Combination Of Energy And Plasma | Abandoned | View |
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