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KLA-Tencor Corporation

1,597 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2022

Allowance rate
95%
+20 pts vs the USPTO range 94% to 96%
Rejections before allowance
1.6
level with the USPTO
Months to first action
16.8 mo
−1.8 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
32%
+5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G01N Investigating or analysing materials388 apps
H10P 321 apps
G03F 143 apps
H01J 136 apps
G01B 133 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation100 apps

Art units

2886284 apps
2881168 apps
2877161 apps
288481 apps
285154 apps
288248 apps

Who represents them

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What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
18076375REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF PATTERN PLACEMENT ERROR IN METROLOGY MEASUREMENTS2022-12-06Allowed1010.4 mo
180703893D Microscope Including Insertable Components To Provide Multiple Imaging And Measu…2022-11-28Allowed2015.5 mo
17689934DEVICE-LIKE METROLOGY TARGETS2022-03-08Allowed009.1 mo
15453802Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15908346Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15263242Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15498687Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15295492Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15432768Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15821111Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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