Listed by the USPTO as KITT, STEPHEN A
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1712 1715 1717 1718 1759 1761 1798 2818 3652 3752
This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases
Stephen A. Kitt works in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 1712. The profile covers 548 resolved cases, with a 54.7% allowance rate and a median of 1,251 days to allowance. The interview lift is 38.8%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance in the reported cases.
The listed companies are Samsung Display Co., Ltd., LG Energy Solution Ltd., and Honeywell International Inc. The listed firms are CANTOR COLBURN LLP, Chrisman Gallo Tochtrop LLC, and Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP. The interview result supports considering examiner contact as part of a prosecution plan, particularly alongside the 54.7% overall allowance rate. The 1,251-day median indicates that applicants should plan for a lengthy process and align prosecution decisions with that timing.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645176 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Samsung Display Co., LTD. |
| 18387111 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | Samsung Display Co., LTD. |
| 17743378 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, MASK ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS | Final Rejection | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. |
| 19090870 | PARTICLE COATING APPARATUS AND PARTICLE COATING METHOD | Non-Final OA | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION |
| 18272105 | MASK, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | Final Rejection | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. |
| 18868482 | Offset Adjusting Device and Coating Apparatus Including the Same | Non-Final OA | LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. |
| 18291647 | Electrode Manufacturing Device and Electrode Manufacturing Method Using Same | Non-Final OA | LG Energy Solution, Ltd. |
| 18185095 | VARIABLE FLOW AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION FLUID APPLICATION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Illinois Tool Works Inc. |
| 18654848 | LASER CLEANING AND ACTIVATION OF CU WIRES PRIOR TO PEEK INSULATION COATING | Non-Final OA | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG |
| 18573905 | SURFACE MARKING ROBOTS AND FLOOR PLANS | Final Rejection | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| 18441518 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PLACING METHOD | Non-Final OA | Tokyo Electron Limited |
| 18223703 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROCESS CONDITION OPTIMIZATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | Tokyo Electron Limited |
| 18725253 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD | Final Rejection | SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. |
| 18153859 | CONTINUOUS VACUUM PROCESSING OF FIBER TOWS | Final Rejection | Honeywell International Inc. |
| 18153871 | CONVERSION OF CARBON FIBER TOWS TO METAL CARBIDE FIBER TOWS | Non-Final OA | Honeywell International Inc. |
| 18592180 | SMALL CELL REACTORS WITH SHARED FORELINE AND PRESSURE CONDUIT | Non-Final OA | Applied Materials, Inc. |
| 17737893 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Postech Research And Business Development Foundation |
| 18665644 | WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE | Non-Final OA | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. |
| 19073853 | PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ENAMELED COPPER WIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | Non-Final OA | Proterial, Ltd. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy54.7% of resolved applications examined by Stephen A Kitt were allowed (548 resolved cases), compared with 43.3% across Art Unit 1712 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +38.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Stephen A Kitt took 1,251 days on average from filing to allowance.
Stephen A Kitt examines applications in Art Unit 1712 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
