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MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC.

536 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2024

Allowance rate
91%
+16 pts vs the USPTO range 89% to 93%
Rejections before allowance
1.5
−0.1 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
19.2 mo
+0.6 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
22%
−5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01J 95 apps
G01L 48 apps
B23K 46 apps
G01N Investigating or analysing materials26 apps
H01S 24 apps
G05D Control of non-electric variables23 apps

Art units

284444 apps
374239 apps
375332 apps
285523 apps
282823 apps
284217 apps

Who represents them

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What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
18948593APPARATUS AND TUNING METHOD FOR MITIGATING RF LOAD IMPEDANCE VARIATIONS DUE TO PERI…2024-11-15Allowed0016.7 mo
18621600Monitoring Radical Particle Concentration Using Mass Spectrometry2024-03-29Allowed008.5 mo
18587281METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPEDANCE MATCHING IN A POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR REMOTE P…2024-02-26Allowed1010.5 mo
15729221Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15213656Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15354306Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15624691Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15212693Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15411580Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15214038Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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