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Timothy J Kugel

USPTO Patent Examiner·Active 2012 to 2024

Timothy J Kugel is a USPTO patent examiner who has handled 42 ex parte reexaminations between 2012 and 2024. These reexams concentrate in Chemistry & Materials, Mechanical & Manufacturing, 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

Chemistry & Materials19 (44%)
Mechanical & Manufacturing9 (21%)
Life Sciences & Consumer8 (19%)
Mechanical Engineering4 (9%)
Physics & Instruments2 (5%)
Electrical & Electronic1 (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.

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  • 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 42)

Control #FiledPatentTitlePendencyStatus
90/019,504May 3, 202410,982,097COATING SYSTEM FOR ASPHALT AND RELATED METHODS9 moClosed
90/015,281Aug 30, 202310,980,261TOMATO KETCHUP WITH IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY14 moClosed
90/019,151Jan 24, 202311,457,649COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A CASEIN AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME15 moClosed
90/015,167Nov 23, 202210,889,528Organic Liquid Fertilizer15 moClosed
90/014,937Jan 7, 20227,771,554IMAGE TRANSFER ON A COLORED BASE32 moClosed
90/014,924Dec 17, 20219,039,827BINDERS26 moClosed
90/014,911Nov 23, 20218,940,089BINDERS26 moClosed
90/014,874Oct 1, 20218,114,210BINDERS24 moClosed
90/014,862Sep 17, 20219,040,255USE OF DIAZOLIDINYL UREA FOR ANTI-CLUMPING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES8 moClosed
90/014,801Jul 14, 20219,464,207BINDERS AND MATERIALS MADE THEREWITH24 moClosed
90/014,737Apr 26, 20218,328,947Method for low water hydrolysis or pretreatment of polysaccharides in a lignocellulosic feedstock.15 moClosed
90/014,680Feb 16, 20217,597,902TERMITE TUBING PREVENTATIVE FOR NON-WOOD MATERIALS14 moClosed
90/014,677Feb 12, 20219,394,210UREA AND NITROGEN STABILIZER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF15 moClosed
90/014,598Oct 26, 20208,809,453BRANCHED POLYMERS14 moClosed
90/014,575Sep 16, 20209,469,747MINERAL WOOL INSULATION9 moClosed
90/014,567Aug 28, 20209,868,574WATER-SOLUBLE PACKAGING FILM8 moClosed
90/014,532Jun 19, 20209,828,287BINDERS AND MATERIALS MADE THEREWITH11 moClosed
90/014,533Jun 19, 20209,926,464BINDERS AND MATERIALS MADE THEREWITH11 moClosed
90/014,410Nov 12, 20197,691,961Polyimide Film and Use Thereof11 moClosed
90/014,340Jul 23, 20198,765,648DRY LUBRICANT FOR CONVEYING CONTAINERS11 moClosed
90/014,324Jun 24, 20197,597,902Termite Tubing Preventative For Non-Wood Materials18 moClosed
90/014,312Jun 7, 20199,868,574WATER-SOLUBLE PACKAGING FILM11 moClosed
90/014,291Apr 19, 20198,455,409Dry lubricant for conveying containers14 moClosed
90/013,923Mar 21, 20175,965,596METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING THE ANAEROBIC WORKING CAPACITY IN TISSUE35 moClosed
90/013,903Feb 9, 20179,051,465THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING A POLYPHENYLENE ETHER AND A BROMINATED FIRE RETARDANT COMPOUND8 moClosed

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