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FEI Company

920 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
92%
+17 pts vs the USPTO range 90% to 94%
Rejections before allowance
1.2
−0.4 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
17.5 mo
−1.1 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
26%
−2 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

H01J 421 apps
G01N Investigating or analysing materials225 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation66 apps
G06V Image or video recognition27 apps
H10P 25 apps
C23C 20 apps

Art units

2881543 apps
OPAP47 apps
287842 apps
288423 apps
179414 apps
266813 apps

Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

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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

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19881248DIGITAL SAMPLE MODEL FOR INSTRUMENTAL OPTIMIZATION2026-10-01Pending00n/a
19593094SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT WITH CRYOGENIC SAMPLE STAGE2026-06-03Pending00n/a
19643412METHOD FOR MICROMACHINING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE FOR CREATING A LAMELLA FOR ANALYSIS I…2026-04-09Pending00n/a
15855840Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15175103Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15125683Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15535695Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15754989Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15949414Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15801575Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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