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Company or institution

Blackhawk Network, Inc.

166 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
95%
+19 pts vs the USPTO range 89% to 97%
Rejections before allowance
4.5
+3.0 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
13.5 mo
−5.1 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
58%
+31 pts vs the USPTO

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes124 apps
G07F 15 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information10 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing5 apps
B65D Containers for storage or transport5 apps
G06K Recognition and presentation of data3 apps

Art units

368722 apps
368510 apps
362710 apps
369710 apps
28769 apps
36499 apps

Rejection fingerprint

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19592807DYNAMIC GIFTING ECOSYSTEM FOR PURCHASING A GIFT2026-06-02Pending00n/a
19677316SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT VIA ELECTRONIC WALLET2026-05-14Allowed004.5 mo
19525676SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE PURCHASE OF AN ELECTRONIC STORED VALUE ACCOUNT2026-04-03Pending00n/a
15165693Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15999547Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15357923Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15351408Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15630133Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15230532Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15725441Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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