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The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

413 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2020

Allowance rate
77%
+1 pts vs the USPTO range 72% to 81%
Rejections before allowance
2.4
+0.8 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
13.0 mo
−5.6 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
52%
+25 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04N Pictorial communication, television251 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information45 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing29 apps
H04B Transmission23 apps
H01Q 13 apps
H04H 13 apps

Art units

242155 apps
242346 apps
242443 apps
242540 apps
242631 apps
242711 apps

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
17015989METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING ADVERTISED MEDIA CONTENT2020-09-09Allowed106.4 mo
16860506System and methodology for video compression2020-04-28Allowed106.9 mo
16827093EDGE CACHE SEGMENT PREFETCHING2020-03-23Allowed106.5 mo
15784096Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15439637Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15896655Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15271248Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15535999Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15479945Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15624157Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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