Listed by the USPTO as MELENDEZ, ARMAND
Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1612 1742 1759 1782 1789
This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases
MELENDEZ, ARMAND has 362 resolved cases in art unit 1612 and tech center 1700. The profile records an allowance rate of 46.1%, interview lift of 43.1%, and median time to allowance of 1298 days. The allowance outcome is below a majority of resolved cases, while interviews show a substantial association with allowance. The median timing also indicates that cases reaching allowance may require extended prosecution.
Canon Inc., Seiko Epson Corporation, and Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University are the listed companies. The firms are SUGHRUE-265550, Bainwood, Huang & Associates, LLC, and Burris Law, PLLC. Practitioners may want to develop an interview plan early and maintain meaningful fallback claim positions, because the data supports both active examiner engagement and careful written advocacy.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18894747 | DUAL PIPE MANUFACTURING CELL | Non-Final OA | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |
| 18960510 | VARIABLE STIFFNESS TOOL | Non-Final OA | Rolls-Royce plc |
| 18418963 | IMPRINT METHOD, IMPRINT APPARATUS, DETERMINING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Final Rejection | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18818068 | Fibroin molded body and mixture for molding | Non-Final OA | CANON VIRGINIA, INC. |
| 18956222 | Plasticizing Device, Injection Molding Device, And Three-Dimensional Shaping Device | Final Rejection | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION |
| 18425169 | MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE AND PLASTICIZING DEVICE | Final Rejection | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION |
| 18652358 | COMPOSITE TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH PLURALITY OF COMPOSITE POSITIONING FLIPPERS | Non-Final OA | The Boeing Company |
| 18426553 | INJECTION ASSEMBLY | Final Rejection | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. |
| 19199937 | SPIRAL TANGLED FIBER COMPOSITES | Final Rejection | CUMMINS INC. |
| 18525745 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | Non-Final OA | SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| 18904662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AND EXTRACTING A BUILD PART FORMED IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS | Final Rejection | Xerox Corporation |
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Build Your Strategy46.1% of resolved applications examined by Armand Melendez were allowed (362 resolved cases), compared with 40.7% across Art Unit 1612 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +43.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Armand Melendez took 1,298 days on average from filing to allowance.
Armand Melendez examines applications in Art Unit 1612 in Tech Center 1700 (Chemistry & Materials).
