Listed by the USPTO as HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1758 1798 1799 3791
This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases
Velvet Elizabeth Heron is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 1758, with 21 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 52.4 percent, and the median time to allowance is 1389 days. This dataset includes cases for THE GENERAL HOSPITAL Corporation, Canon Inc., and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba. The 52.4 percent allowance rate indicates that just over half of the applications reach a grant after a median wait of 1389 days.
The interview lift of 43.3 percent is a very strong indicator that direct communication is effective. Practitioners from firms like Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P., and DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP should prioritize interviews to boost the 52.4 percent baseline allowance rate. The 43.3 percent lift is a key tool for navigating the long 1389-day median pendency. With 21 resolved cases, the examiner shows a high responsiveness to verbal clarification.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18054167 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
| 17931459 | SENSOR DEVICE, REAGENT FOR MODIFYING SURFACE OF SENSOR ELEMENT, METHOD OF MODIFYING SURFACE OF SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSOR DEVICE | Final Rejection | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA |
| 18064981 | FLUIDIC COMPONENT AND DEVICE OF FLUIDIC VALVE TYPE FOR ISOLATION | Non-Final OA | Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives |
| 18287948 | FLUIDIC TRANSISTORS AND USES THEREOF | Non-Final OA | The General Hospital Corporation |
| 17790535 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-SHEAR ISOLATION OF RARE CELLS FROM LARGE SAMPLE VOLUMES | Non-Final OA | The General Hospital Corporation |
| 17793782 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | Final Rejection | HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION |
| 18007498 | A DEVICE, A SURFACE, AND A BIOSENSOR | Final Rejection | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| 17783393 | GRAPHENE-BASED GAS SENSING PLATFORM | Non-Final OA | The Penn State Research Foundation |
| 18065549 | Micro Punch for Targeted Material Excision | Final Rejection | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 17222536 | HEMATOXYLIN STAINER SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. |
| 18248188 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE | Final Rejection | Zeon Corporation |
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Build Your Strategy52.4% of resolved applications examined by Velvet Elizabeth Heron were allowed (21 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 1758 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +43.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Velvet Elizabeth Heron took 1,389 days on average from filing to allowance.
Velvet Elizabeth Heron examines applications in Art Unit 1758 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
