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Express Scripts, Inc.

50 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2017

Allowance rate
82%
+7 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 90%
Rejections before allowance
2.1
+0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
20.9 mo
+2.3 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
36%
+9 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G16H Healthcare informatics15 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes13 apps
B07C 5 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing5 apps
B41J 3 apps
A61J 3 apps

Art units

362611 apps
365110 apps
36864 apps
28533 apps
36522 apps
37212 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
15684927SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING DATA2017-08-23Allowed1027.6 mo
15434825METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS2017-02-16Allowed0032.4 mo
15407376SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUAL COUNTABLES2017-01-17Allowed1021.8 mo
15535330Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15849235Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15513522Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15359623Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15222988Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15908725Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15714939Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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