Listed by the USPTO as SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH
Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1691 1732 1735 1738
This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases
SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH examines in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1691. The profile records 36 resolved cases, a 52.8% allowance rate, and a 51.5% interview lift. The limited docket warrants care in drawing broad conclusions, but the recorded figures show that interviews may be an important prosecution tool. Applicants should use direct engagement to test the examiner’s interpretation and to identify amendments that address the rejection without unnecessarily narrowing the invention.
The median time to allowance is 1250 days. Sustaera, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the listed leading companies. The listed firms are BakerHostetler, Rimon PC - ABE, and AMPACC Law Group, PLLC. Counsel should combine a focused written record with early interview planning. The profile presents neither a uniformly easy nor uniformly difficult path, so application-specific claim analysis remains more useful than relying on the allowance measure alone.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18300285 | OIL-SORBENT | Final Rejection | KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 18262126 | FORMATION METHOD OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | Final Rejection | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. |
| 18116214 | CATALYST FOR NON-OXIDATIVE CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBONS TO HYDROGEN | Non-Final OA | CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. |
| 18278724 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING AN AQUEOUS HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION OF FECL3 FROM AN AQUEOUS MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft |
| 18274105 | Methane-Reforming Catalyst and Method for Producing Same | Non-Final OA | LG Chem, Ltd. |
| 18355425 | SULPHUR TOLERANCE IN Cu-SCR CATALYSTS | Non-Final OA | Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company |
| 18503250 | SUPPORTED HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING 4-ACETYLOXY-2-METHYL-2-BUTENAL | Non-Final OA | Shaoxing University |
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Build Your Strategy52.8% of resolved applications examined by Slone Elizabeth Simkins were allowed (36 resolved cases), compared with 66.4% across Art Unit 1691 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +51.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Slone Elizabeth Simkins took 1,250 days on average from filing to allowance.
Slone Elizabeth Simkins examines applications in Art Unit 1691 in Tech Center 1700 (Chemistry & Materials).
