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106 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

52%

−23 pts vs the USPTO range 43% to 62%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

21.9 mo

+3.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

25%

−2 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

C12M 11 apps

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids7 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials6 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes4 apps

H01Q 4 apps

B01J 3 apps

Art units

17757 apps

16346 apps

17995 apps

17454 apps

16564 apps

17973 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Kiran Quraishi Akhtar3 apps

100%

Bradley L Sisson3 apps

Nathan Andrew Bowers3 apps

Danielle B Henkel3 apps

Michael L Hobbs2 apps

Alex B Efta2 apps

100%

Brian M O'Hara2 apps

50%

Yasir A Diab2 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP37 apps

70%

Neil K. Nydegger, Esq.26 apps

Perkins Coie LLP - SDO General14 apps

93%

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP7 apps

COOLEY LLP5 apps

40%

ASHURST PERKINS COIE US LLP - SDO3 apps

100%

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP3 apps

67%

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC3 apps

100%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

Share of parsed office actions raising each ground; blue is the USPTO.

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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
19183659	WING DEPLOYMENT DEVICE	2025-04-18	Allowed	1	0	7.1 mo
18641211	OPTICAL DEVICE FOR BEAM COMBINATION IN HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETERS AND POLARIMETERS …	2024-04-19	Allowed	0	0	23.8 mo
18466225	THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT BASED ON PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS	2023-09-13	Pending	1	0	24.0 mo
15973189	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15160534	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15780835	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15899256	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15861200	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15668650	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15236221	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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