Listed by the USPTO as HOU, FRANK S
Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1622 1692 1745 2812 2892 2893 2897 2898
This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases
HOU, FRANK S is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2800 and art unit 1622. The record covers 143 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 67.8%, and a median of 1177 days to allowance. The interview lift is 36.7%, identifying interviews as a material feature of the reported prosecution history.
The listed companies are BASF SE, Covestro AG, and Nissan Chemical Corporation. The principal firms are Bell & Manning, LLC, Chrisman Gallo Tochtrop LLC, and Dickinson Wright PLLC - Washington DC. Practitioners can use this profile to prepare for both the examiner's substantive treatment of claims and the procedural value associated with interviews.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18488978 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING N-(HETERO)ARYL (METH)ACRYLAMIDE COMPOUND | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18374838 | Organic Compound, Light-Emitting Device, and Electronic Device | Final Rejection | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. |
| 18556525 | ETHER SULFATES BASED ON ISOMERIC TRIDECYL ALCOHOL MIXTURES | Non-Final OA | BASF SE |
| 18555812 | A DIISOCYANATE STABILIZER, USE THEREOF, AND DIISOCYANATE COMPOSITION | Non-Final OA | BASF SE |
| 18566239 | TANK USED IN REFINING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. |
| 18035876 | ION-BASED METHODS FOR STABILIZING AND IMPROVING POROUS METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK (MOF) MATERIALS FOR WATER HARVESTING FROM AIR AND RELATED APPLICATIONS | Non-Final OA | Northwestern University |
| 18569654 | Reactor and Process for Preparing Isocyanates | Non-Final OA | Covestro LLC |
| 17783367 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DI- AND POLYISOCYANATES OF THE DIPHENYLMETHANE SERIES | Final Rejection | Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG |
| 18013528 | INTERMEDIATE FOR PREPARATION OF POROUS SILICON OXYCARBIDE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING POROUS SILICON OXYCARBIDE PREPARED THEREFROM AS ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | Non-Final OA | IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) |
| 17755474 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING BICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE-1,4-DIOL | Non-Final OA | Eastman Chemical Company |
| 18547530 | PROCESSES FOR PREPARING C2 TO C4 HYDROCARBONS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING A FORMED HYBRID CATALYST | Final Rejection | Dow Global Technologies LLC |
| 18039206 | OXIDE FILM REACTION SURFACE CONTROL AGENT, METHOD OF FORMING OXIDE FILM USING OXIDE FILM REACTION SURFACE CONTROL AGENT, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE INCLUDING OXIDE FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | Non-Final OA | SOULBRAIN CO., LTD. |
| 17996070 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANOMETALLIC NUCLEOPHILE AND REACTION METHOD USING ORGANOMETALLIC NUCLEOPHILE | Final Rejection | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY |
| 18711332 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CYCLIC DIENE | Non-Final OA | FIRMENICH SA |
| 18553888 | METHODS FOR PURIFYING PEROVSKITE PRECURSORS AND IMPROVED PEROVSKITES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM | Final Rejection | First Solar, Inc. |
| 18488148 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE | Final Rejection | ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KOREA LTD. |
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Build Your Strategy67.8% of resolved applications examined by Frank S Hou were allowed (143 resolved cases), compared with 60.6% across Art Unit 1622 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +36.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Frank S Hou took 1,177 days on average from filing to allowance.
Frank S Hou examines applications in Art Unit 1622 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).
