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THE HERSHEY COMPANY

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94 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

50%

−25 pts vs the USPTO range 40% to 60%

Rejections before allowance

2.3

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.1 mo

+1.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

44%

+17 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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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A23G 48 apps

B65D Containers for storage or transport10 apps

A23L 8 apps

A61K Medical preparations7 apps

A23P 5 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes3 apps

Art units

179127 apps

179216 apps

179313 apps

16126 apps

37345 apps

16554 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jyoti Chawla10 apps

60%

Helen F Heggestad5 apps

40%

Assaf Zilbering4 apps

50%

Carolyn A Paden4 apps

100%

Katherine Deguire Leblanc4 apps

Maura Elizabeth Sweeney4 apps

n/a

Christopher R Demeree3 apps

100%

Andrew E Merriam3 apps

33%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC32 apps

56%

Jordan IP Law, LLC (Hershey)20 apps

50%

WILEY11 apps

45%

DESIGN IP, P.C. (Hershey)9 apps

33%

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP9 apps

89%

Williams Mullen8 apps

MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK, LLC (Hershey)3 apps

50%

AVEK IP, LLC (Hershey)1 apps

n/a

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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
19542848	LOW WATER ACTIVITY MARSHMALLOW	2026-02-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
19357412	OPTIMAL MERCHANDISE SELECTION AND MERCHANDISING DESIGN DISPLAY METHODS AND SYSTEMS	2025-10-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
18606847	REDUCED SUGAR WHITE CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME	2024-03-15	Pending	1	0	22.3 mo
15784689	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15344278	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15257687	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15417315	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15235023	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15563460	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15412671	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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