Listed by the USPTO as PHILLIPS, RUFUS L
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2800 2871 2877 3645
This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases
PHILLIPS, RUFUS L is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3600 and art unit 2800. The profile includes 359 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 62.7%, and a median of 1135 days to allowance. The interview lift is 32.5%, indicating a strong positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes in the reported cases.
The listed companies are Becton, Dickinson and Company, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Sony Group Corporation. The listed firms are CHIP LAW GROUP, COOLEY LLP, and FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC). The allowance rate supports careful attention to claim scope and rejection response. The median timing should be incorporated into prosecution forecasts, and the interview measure makes examiner engagement a material option when direct clarification may improve the presentation of technical distinctions.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441476 | SUBSTRATE TEST METHOD | Final Rejection | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 18392339 | MICROPARTICLE MEASURING APPARATUS AND MICROPARTICLE MEASURING METHOD | Non-Final OA | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 18971965 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. |
| 18840043 | Calibration Method and System | Final Rejection | Precision Planting LLC |
| 18879248 | OPTICAL CRITICAL DIMENSIONS (OCD) METROLOGY FOR THICK STACKS | Non-Final OA | NOVA LTD. |
| 18596301 | Light Detection Systems Having A Secondary Light Scatter Detector And Methods For Using Same | Final Rejection | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18199756 | Flow Cytometer With Optical Equalization | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18574585 | Method and apparatus for measuring a force on at least one particle in a fluid, computer program product and computer-readable storage medium | Non-Final OA | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften E.V. |
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Build Your Strategy62.7% of resolved applications examined by Rufus L Phillips were allowed (359 resolved cases), compared with 69.7% across Art Unit 2800 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +32.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Rufus L Phillips took 1,135 days on average from filing to allowance.
Rufus L Phillips examines applications in Art Unit 2800 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
