Company or institution

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

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5,826 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

83%

+7 pts vs the USPTO range 81% to 84%

Rejections before allowance

2.1

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.1 mo

+2.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

38%

+11 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

B23K 1,307 apps

F16B 441 apps

B25C 216 apps

B65D Containers for storage or transport211 apps

A47L 144 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials123 apps

Art units

3761735 apps

3677406 apps

OPAP322 apps

3742317 apps

3675233 apps

3731161 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central330 apps

n/a

Brian W Jennison187 apps

90%

Flemming Saether86 apps

78%

Ayub A Maye77 apps

87%

Roberta S Delisle71 apps

86%

Thien S Tran65 apps

93%

Sang Yeop Paik59 apps

74%

Robert J Utama55 apps

98%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

ITW c/o MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY1,831 apps

91%

THOMPSON HINE LLP / ITW523 apps

74%

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP412 apps

92%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. / Dormant319 apps

80%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.272 apps

77%

QUARLES & BRADY LLP/ITW Automotive OEM265 apps

84%

CARROLL, HOETTE & BUTSCHER, LLC238 apps

83%

MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD184 apps

82%

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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
19627708	HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT WITH REDUCED VIBRATION AND NOISE	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19604044	BANDING UNIT FOR APPLYING A BAND TO A PRODUCT OR A PRODUCT GROUP AND METHOD FOR BAN…	2026-07-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19599661	BRUSH PAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
15107912	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15700373	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15956825	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15494668	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15573485	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15209685	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15697892	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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