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FIRST DATA CORPORATION

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404 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2023

Allowance rate

57%

−18 pts vs the USPTO range 52% to 62%

Rejections before allowance

2.9

+1.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.2 mo

+1.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

48%

+21 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes302 apps

G07F 22 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information19 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing18 apps

G06K Recognition and presentation of data7 apps

H04M Telephonic communication6 apps

Art units

287629 apps

369128 apps

368723 apps

368522 apps

288721 apps

369419 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Stephanie Zagarella Delich8 apps

38%

Hatem M Ali8 apps

75%

Paul Danneman7 apps

86%

Romeo R Smellie7 apps

James H Zurita6 apps

83%

Hani M Kazimi6 apps

67%

April Alicia Taylor5 apps

80%

Daniel S Felten5 apps

80%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP179 apps

95%

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast150 apps

25%

EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP64 apps

34%

Perkins Coie LLP - DEN General7 apps

ASHURST PERKINS COIE US LLP - DEN1 apps

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (NY)1 apps

INACTIVE - IBM CORPORATION1 apps

100%

LADAS & PARRY LLP1 apps

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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
18536954	INSTANT DIGITAL ISSUANCE	2023-12-12	Allowed	1	0	6.4 mo
18348822	SOURCE INDEPENDENT CONSISTENT TOKENIZATION	2023-07-07	Pending	5	2	17.2 mo
17853201	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES AT A GAS STATION	2022-06-29	Abandoned	2	0	24.1 mo
15835091	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15670238	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15339029	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15580531	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15572245	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15102190	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15600767	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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