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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.

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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.

  • 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, from 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

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Certificate outcome distribution

Event-to-event timing (median)

Recent reexaminations (showing 25 of 43)

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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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