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Fred O Ferris Iii

USPTO Patent Examiner·Active 2012 to 2021

Fred O Ferris Iii is a USPTO patent examiner who has handled 20 ex parte reexaminations between 2012 and 2021. These reexams concentrate in Physics & Instruments, Electrical & Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each of these cases, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and federal-circuit decisions.

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Technology mix

Physics & Instruments10 (48%)
Electrical & Electronic7 (33%)
Mechanical Engineering4 (19%)

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Eight side-by-side metrics: case volume, pendency, OAs per reexam, rejection mix, SNQ denial rate, certification rate, and PTAB appeal rate, with a Δ column showing where this examiner runs higher or lower than the corpus.

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  • Rejection basis split (102 / 103 / 112) head-to-head
  • Certification, SNQ denial, and PTAB appeal rates

Certificate outcome distribution

How this examiner's certificates split across the six possible outcomes: all claims confirmed, confirmed with amendment, confirmed with new claims, mixed, or all claims canceled. Includes share comparison to the corpus distribution.

  • Count and share for each of the six outcome buckets
  • Δ vs. corpus distribution in percentage points
  • Useful for setting realistic patent-owner expectations

Event-to-event timing

Median time for this examiner's cases at each prosecution stage — filing to first office action, filing to NIRC, and filing to certificate — with corpus comparison and sample size.

  • Median in months per transition
  • Side-by-side with the corpus median
  • n column showing how many of this examiner's cases completed each transition

Recent reexaminations (20)

Control #FiledPatentTitlePendencyStatus
90/019,051Dec 29, 20218,977,797METHOD OF IMPROVING PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERFACE COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING A LOW VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL CHANNEL18 moClosed
90/019,050Dec 28, 2021RE44,654DATA SECURITY METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPUTER MODULES28 moClosed
90/014,885Oct 20, 20218,232,766Multifunctional Charger System and Method16 moClosed
90/014,834Aug 25, 20218,122,141STREAMING MEDIA BUFFERING SYSTEM33 moClosed
90/014,706Mar 23, 20218,718,158SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCRAMBLING THE PHASE OF THE CARRIERS IN A MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM31 moClosed
90/014,636Dec 21, 202010,057,603ENTROPY CODING SUPPORTING MODE SWITCHING13 moClosed
90/014,535Jun 19, 20207,975,305METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE RULE-BASED CONTENT SCANNERS FOR DESKTOP COMPUTERS—Closed
90/014,477Mar 19, 20207,975,305METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE RULE-BASED CONTENT SCANNERS FOR DESKTOP COMPUTERS11 moClosed
90/014,377Sep 19, 201910,180,862SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS OPERATING ON A SHARED PLATFORM40 moClosed
90/014,372Sep 4, 20199,845,924TUBE LIGHT WITH IMPROVED LED ARRAY23 moClosed
90/014,371Sep 4, 20199,719,642TUBE LIGHT WITH IMPROVED LED ARRAY21 moClosed
90/014,231Nov 2, 20189,685,582Light Emitting Device and Method of Fabricating the Same17 moClosed
90/014,071Jan 19, 20188,494,581SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE FIELD ASSETS VIA WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICES21 moClosed
90/013,987Jul 17, 20176,888,715EMI FEEDTHROUGH FILTER TERMINAL ASSEMBLY UTILIZING HERMETIC SEAL FOR ELECTRICAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN LEAD WIRES AND CAPACITOR11 moClosed
90/013,815Oct 12, 20167,866,841Compact Flashlight17 moClosed
90/013,718Apr 7, 20167,503,784QUICK CONNECTOR9 moClosed
90/013,480Mar 27, 20156,639,588A DISPLAY APPARATUS WHICH DISPLAYS AN IMAGE BASED ON A VIDEO SIGNAL FROM A COMPUTER10 moClosed
90/013,392Nov 3, 20146,639,588Image_Display_Apparatus15 moClosed
90/013,275Jul 23, 20146,069,896CAPABILITY ADDRESSABLE NETWORK AND METHOD THEREFOR23 moClosed
90/012,877May 24, 20138,144,428Recording Tape Cartridge And Drive Device For Reducing Friction14 moClosed
90/012,218Mar 30, 20125,877,445SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PRESCRIBED DURATION AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SEQUENCES4 moClosed

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