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ION Geophysical Corporation

82 applicationsfiled 2008 to 2020

Allowance rate
87%
+11 pts vs the USPTO range 78% to 92%
Rejections before allowance
1.9
+0.3 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
21.4 mo
+2.8 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
38%
+11 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G01V 60 apps
B63B 10 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes3 apps
G01P 2 apps
G05D Control of non-electric variables1 apps
G01C 1 apps

Art units

364560 apps
36673 apps
36833 apps
36173 apps
28641 apps
28551 apps

Rejection fingerprint

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
17119434BI-DIRECTIONAL FOIL SYSTEM FOR TOWED MARINE CABLE ARRAY2020-12-11Allowed1015.5 mo
16896380SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS COORDINATION AND PLANNING SYSTEM2020-06-09Abandoned1016.5 mo
16781786ACOUSTIC DATA TRANSMISSION, TELEMETRY AND UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS2020-02-04Allowed1017.8 mo
15615687Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15648173Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15640157Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15612723Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15508335Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15852049Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15577439Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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