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Company or institution

Kobo Incorporated

168 applicationsfiled 2011 to 2015

Allowance rate
5%
−71 pts vs the USPTO range 2% to 9%
Rejections before allowance
1.0
−0.6 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
21.0 mo
+2.4 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
14%
−13 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing123 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes26 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information10 apps
H04W Wireless communication networks2 apps
H04M Telephonic communication2 apps
G08B 1 apps

Art units

362512 apps
214111 apps
217711 apps
217810 apps
21429 apps
21768 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
14660609PERSONALIZING AN E-BOOK SEARCH QUERY2015-03-17Abandoned1024.5 mo
14658759DISAMBIGUATION OF AN E-BOOK SERIES NAME2015-03-16Abandoned1024.6 mo
14659084DISAMBIGUATION OF AN E-BOOK SERIES NUMBER2015-03-16Abandoned1025.0 mo
15795367Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15635514Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15430655Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15451479Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15815253Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15482138Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15253721Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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