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Examiner Shafqat Amy J

3798-SHAFQAT-AMY-J

Employment Information

Art Unit:3798 — Surgery
Group:3790 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
Classes: 600 — Surgery
601 — Surgery: kinesitherapy
606 — Surgery
324 — Electricity: measuring and testing
Phone:(571) 272-4054
Email:amy.shafqat@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:8 years
Grade:GS-11

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

89
3-Year Grant rate: 34% over 139 cases
Difficulty: Very Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 89th

With Examiner Shafqat, you have a 34% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shafqat is a very hard examiner and in the 89th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shafqat, 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 3798

Examiner Shafqat's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3798 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Shafqat 3.6
Art Unit 3798 1.9

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Shafqat has granted 16 of 74 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 22%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Shafqat has granted 31 of 65 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 48%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Shafqat, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 118%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18541051 Device Of Exciting And Locating Two-Photon Fluorescence Signals Of Methylene Blue Under Skin Surface Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
17649598 Systems And Methods For Improved Electromagnetic Tracking Patented View
17863211 Eccentric Single-Core Fiber-Optic Enabled Medical Device Patented View
17523581 Reversibly Switchable Photoacoustic Imaging Systems And Methods Patented View
17496976 Measuring Tissue Proximity For Multi-Electrode Catheter Patented View
17781503 System And Method For Real-Time Guidance Of An Electrophysiology Catheter For Targeting A Location Of Origin Of An Arrhythmia Patented View
17988853 Systems And Methods Of Protocol Adjustment In Medical Imaging Patented View
18016709 Method For Obtaining Heart Rate And Electronic Device Abandoned View
17851270 Systems And Methods Of Pose Estimation And Calibration Of Perspective Imaging System In Image Guided Surgery Patented View
15737447 Ultrasound System With Asymmetric Transmit Signals Patented View
17846972 Medical Image Processing Device, Operation Method Therefor, And Endoscope System Abandoned View
15794701 Automatic Identification Of Instruments Used With A Surgical Navigation System Abandoned View
18552078 Interactive Gaze Analysis Kit For The Early Diagnosis Of Neurodegenerative Pathologies Abandoned View
17854886 Medical Sensor And Method For Calibration Patented View
16382877 Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems Abandoned View
17477714 Systems And Methods For Therapeutic Nasal Treatment Abandoned View
15778703 Method For Determining A Mechanical Property Of A Layered Soft Material Patented View
17621668 An Improved Medical Scan Protocol For In-Scanner Patient Data Acquisition Analysis Patented View
18268745 Determining The Shape Of An Interventional Device Abandoned View
17713274 Optical Vital Signs Sensor Abandoned View
16382889 Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems Abandoned View
16703325 Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems Abandoned View
18524893 Lumen Morphology And Vascular Resistance Measurements Data Collection Systems Apparatus And Methods Patented View
16382845 Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems Abandoned View
17495132 Systems And Methods For Therapeutic Nasal Treatment Abandoned View
17592436 Photoacoustic And Ultrasonic Endoscopy System Including A Coaxially Configured Optical And Electromagnetic Rotary Waveguide Assembly And Implementation Method Thereof Patented View
17500179 Detection Device Abandoned View
17658595 Handheld Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Device, Kit, And Method Patented View
17658592 Handheld Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Device, Kit, And Method Patented View
16382865 Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems Abandoned View
17658581 Handheld Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Device, Kit, And Method Patented View
17419454 Internal Recharging Systems And Methods Of Use Patented View
15727487 System And Apparatus For Automated Total Body Imaging Patented View
16703348 Devices For Therapeutic Nasal Neuromodulation And Associated Methods And Systems Abandoned View
17658590 Handheld Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Device, Kit, And Method Patented View
17757236 Living Body Information Measurement Apparatus And Living Body Information Measuring Method Abandoned View
16858594 Imaging Method And System For Intraoperative Surgical Margin Assessment Abandoned View
17511987 Computer-Assisted Cranioplasty Patented View
16624755 Fmri Reconstruction Of Brain-State-Specific Images From Slow, Anatomical, Mri Image Data Patented View
18138925 Workflow Assistance For Medical Doppler Ultrasound Evaluation Abandoned View
17679580 X-Wing Enhanced Guidance System For Distal Targeting Patented View
16937117 Optical Coherence Tomography And Pressure Based Systems And Methods Patented View
17406527 Surgical Instrument Mounted Display System Patented View
16076708 Hybrid X-Ray And Gamma Imaging System Abandoned View
18138937 Positioning Devices, Methods, And Systems Patented View
15116474 Detachable Tracking Reference Array Patented View
18332913 Fetal Ultrasound Monitoring Method And System Patented View
16031669 Method Of Sharing Information In Ultrasound Imaging Patented View
18296124 Systems And Methods For Intracavitary Temperature Measurement And Monitoring Abandoned View
15522098 A Method And Device For Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Acquisition Guided By Physiologic Feedback Patented View

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