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Robert M Fetsuga

USPTO Patent Examiner·Active 2012 to 2019

Robert M Fetsuga is a USPTO patent examiner who has handled 43 ex parte reexaminations between 2012 and 2019. These reexams concentrate in Life Sciences & Consumer, Construction & Mining, and Mechanical & Manufacturing. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each of these cases, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and federal-circuit decisions.

Filings by year

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Technology mix

Life Sciences & Consumer16 (36%)
Construction & Mining10 (23%)
Mechanical & Manufacturing9 (20%)
Mechanical Engineering7 (16%)
Physics & Instruments1 (2%)
Textiles & Paper1 (2%)

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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
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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 43)

Control #FiledPatentTitlePendencyStatus
90/020,132Oct 7, 20197,669,853CARD SHUFFLING MACHINE5 moClosed
90/014,283Apr 10, 20199,644,382REMOVABLE SWIM SPA COVER LIFTER WITH UNDERMOUNT6 moClosed
90/014,207Sep 25, 201810,059,011DEVICE FOR GUIDING AT LEAST ONE LINE OF AN ARTICULATED-ARM ROBOT, AND ARTICULATED ARM ROBOT3 moClosed
90/014,168Jul 17, 20189,657,883Apparatus and method for installing a liner in a pipe8 moClosed
90/014,145May 30, 20185,606,951ENGINE AIR SUPPLY SYSTEMS23 moClosed
90/014,100Mar 2, 20188,544,568Shoulder Durability Enhancement for a PDC Drill Bit Using Secondary and Tertiary Cutting Elements13 moClosed
90/014,062Jan 10, 20187,376,993PLAY GYMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME10 moClosed
90/020,119Nov 6, 20178,012,066WIRE TRAMPOLINE ENCLOSURE7 moClosed
90/013,974Aug 2, 20177,547,141LINEAR MOTION GUIDE APPARATUS HAVING DETECTING DEVICE12 moClosed
90/013,927Apr 3, 20178,161,702EXPANSION-COMPENSATING DECK FASTENER19 moClosed
90/013,900Feb 2, 20177,874,113EXPANSION-COMPENSATING DECK FASTENER21 moClosed
90/013,845Oct 27, 20167,431,003SHEATHED-ELEMENT GLOW PLUG HAVING AN ELASTICALLY MOUNTED GLOW ELEMENT13 moClosed
90/013,791Aug 8, 20166,923,387DEPOSIT CONTROL IN FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES24 moClosed
90/013,758Jun 1, 20168,161,739FORCE TRANSMISSION DEVICE IN PARTICULAR FOR POWER TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A DRIVE ENGINE AND AN OUTPUT21 moClosed
90/013,708Mar 24, 20168,511,351SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING FUEL FROM A HYDRANT PIT VALVE AT AN AIRPORT15 moClosed
90/013,648Dec 7, 20159,156,522HYDRAULIC BRAKE MECHANISM13 moClosed
90/013,577Sep 1, 20157,017,439ADJUSTING DEVICE16 moClosed
90/013,521Jun 3, 20156,769,369MODULAR FURNITURE SYSTEM16 moClosed
90/013,486Apr 10, 20158,418,852COMPARTMENTALIZED PROTECTIVE CASE FOR PORTABLE HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES35 moClosed
90/013,468Apr 2, 20158,420,882WOUND AND THERAPY COMPRESS AND DRESSING40 moClosed
90/013,443Feb 11, 2015RE40,041WINDOW FRAME FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING19 moClosed
90/013,438Feb 2, 20158,061,669PORTABLE HANGER27 moClosed
90/013,434Jan 30, 20155,641,206APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A SURFACE LAYER FROM A FLOOR OR THE LIKE13 moClosed
90/013,427Jan 13, 20158,337,437SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING HEALTH33 moClosed
90/013,422Jan 5, 20157,441,676DEVICE FOR DISPENSING MEDIA12 moClosed

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