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Company or institution

APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

23 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2012

Allowance rate

70%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 49% to 84%

Rejections before allowance

2.3

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

27.3 mo

+8.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

78%

+51 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing11 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television3 apps

H01R 2 apps

G11B 1 apps

B42D 1 apps

G09B 1 apps

Art units

21753 apps

28332 apps

37882 apps

24552 apps

26291 apps

21121 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Thanh T Vu3 apps

0%

Ernesto Arturio Grano2 apps

100%

Robert A Shaw2 apps

100%

Abbas I Abdulselam1 apps

100%

Dante Ravetti1 apps

0%

Rashawn N Tillery1 apps

0%

Daeho D Song1 apps

0%

Abdou K Seye1 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

APPLE INC.- Womble-discontinued customer no.6 apps

83%

Formerly Polsinelli -- Apple Inc.3 apps

67%

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Apple)3 apps

0%

Apple / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP2 apps

100%

Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC2 apps

100%

Apple - Blank Rome1 apps

100%

BakerHostetler / Apple Inc.1 apps

100%

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (APPLE)1 apps

0%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
13678959	AUDIO JACK WITH MULTIPLE POINTS OF CONTACT	2012-11-16	Allowed	1	0	15.8 mo
13675909	RETENTION MECHANISM DEVICE	2012-11-13	Allowed	0	0	20.0 mo
12869600	SYMBOL ENCODING FOR TOLERANCE TO SINGLE BYTE ERROR	2010-08-26	Allowed	0	1	1.8 mo
15906950	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15323100	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15946493	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15834163	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15236155	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15465619	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15767097	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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