Company or institution

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

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288 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2017

Allowance rate

68%

−8 pts vs the USPTO range 62% to 73%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.0 mo

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

24%

−3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04L Transmission of digital information212 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing48 apps

H05K Printed circuits10 apps

H04B Transmission4 apps

H01R 3 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks2 apps

Art units

247421 apps

247715 apps

247115 apps

247512 apps

246511 apps

246411 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Benjamin H Elliott IV7 apps

100%

Mandish K Randhawa5 apps

20%

Alpus Hsu4 apps

50%

Jael M Ulysse4 apps

100%

Hoon J Chung4 apps

75%

Shailendra Kumar4 apps

100%

Chi Ho A Lee4 apps

100%

Wei Zhao3 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Blank Rome LLP - Avago/Brocade - INACTIVE72 apps

58%

PVF -- Brocade Communications Systems Inc.72 apps

90%

Broadcom Ltd / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP27 apps

56%

Fountainhead Law Group P.C24 apps

67%

Blank Rome LLP21 apps

52%

MH2 - RUCKUS (Belden)16 apps

100%

Innovation Counsel LLP10 apps

80%

Conley Rose, P.C.9 apps

11%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
15718159	NETWORK EXTENSION GROUPS OF GLOBAL VLANS IN A FABRIC SWITCH	2017-09-28	Allowed	0	0	9.0 mo
15714856	FAN-LESS MODE IN A POWER OVER ETHERNET (POE) NETWORK DEVICE	2017-09-25	Allowed	1	0	20.0 mo
15660744	INTELLIGENT LOAD BALANCER SELECTION IN A MULTI-LOAD BALANCER ENVIRONMENT	2017-07-26	Allowed	0	0	9.0 mo
15673079	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15573010	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15983158	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15724516	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15770173	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15805652	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15986653	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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