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Norca Liz Torres Velazquez

USPTO Patent Examiner·Active 2012 to 2023

Norca Liz Torres Velazquez is a USPTO patent examiner who has handled 41 ex parte reexaminations between 2012 and 2023. These reexams concentrate in Mechanical & Manufacturing, Chemistry & Materials, and Life Sciences & Consumer. 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

Mechanical & Manufacturing10 (24%)
Chemistry & Materials10 (24%)
Life Sciences & Consumer8 (20%)
Mechanical Engineering6 (15%)
Construction & Mining3 (7%)
Textiles & Paper2 (5%)

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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.

  • Average and median pendency, both for this examiner and the corpus
  • 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 (showing 25 of 41)

Control #FiledPatentTitlePendencyStatus
90/019,298Nov 17, 202311,246,756HEALTHCARE TEXTILES5 moClosed
90/019,089Jun 24, 202211,040,299FILTRATION SYSTEM11 moClosed
90/014,896Nov 8, 20219,828,287BINDERS AND MATERIALS MADE THEREWITH22 moClosed
90/014,828Aug 12, 20219,469,747MINERAL WOOL INSULATION25 moClosed
90/014,807Jul 16, 20219,926,464BINDERS AND MATERIALS MADE THEREWITH26 moClosed
90/014,802Jul 15, 20219,221,086SHEAR FOR SHEARING PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION PROCESS10 moClosed
90/014,723Apr 9, 202110,258,179FLOOR MATTING11 moClosed
90/014,574Sep 16, 20208,940,089BINDERS11 moClosed
90/014,576Sep 16, 20209,039,827BINDERS11 moClosed
90/014,534Jun 19, 20209,464,207BINDERS AND MATERIALS MADE THEREWITH11 moClosed
90/014,466Feb 27, 20208,114,210BINDERS16 moClosed
90/014,440Jan 24, 20209,572,457STICK MIXER DRIVEN FOOD PROCESSOR7 moClosed
90/014,335Oct 23, 20199,121,076STAVE AND BRICK CONSTRUCTIONS HAVING REFRACTORY WEAR MONITORS AND IN PROCESS THERMOCOUPLES11 moClosed
90/014,303May 10, 20199,410,302TANK BASE48 moClosed
90/014,301May 8, 20198,887,743CHEMICAL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND PLATFORM9 moClosed
90/014,235Nov 13, 20189,616,606Cooling Device and Cooling Method for an Extrudate11 moClosed
90/014,126May 24, 20189,289,085FLOOR MATTING46 moClosed
90/014,076Jan 30, 20186,264,866METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYIMIDE FILM10 moClosed
90/013,852Dec 30, 20169,289,085FLOOR MATTING63 moClosed
90/013,873Dec 7, 20168,075,983LAMINATED GLASS FOR VEHICLE40 moClosed
90/013,720Apr 8, 20166,262,013SANITIZING LAUNDRY SOUR43 moClosed
90/013,689Jan 28, 20167,790,283CELLULOSIC FIBERS HAVING ENHANCED REVERSIBLE THERMAL PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF FORMING THEREOF17 moClosed
90/013,612Oct 20, 20158,007,902Multilayer Clear Over Color Polyolefin Sheets and Layered Backing Structure6 moClosed
90/013,530Jul 7, 20158,926,792SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPOSING OF LEACHATE AND WASTEWATER52 moClosed
90/013,369Oct 13, 20146,262,013SANITIZING LAUNDRY SOUR61 moClosed

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