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Caterpillar Inc.

8,254 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
71%
−4 pts vs the USPTO range 70% to 72%
Rejections before allowance
1.2
−0.4 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
20.9 mo
+2.3 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
14%
−13 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Applications

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ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19881046System And Method For Operating Work Machines Around Over-Head Power Lines On Works…2026-09-30Pending00n/a
19626386Hydraulic Cylinder Health State Monitoring System And A Method Thereof2026-09-21Pending00n/a
19622523Work Machine Control System And Method For Operating Around Power Lines2026-09-09Pending00n/a
15935184Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15112451Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15636121Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15435778Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15636797Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15930578Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15324888Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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