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nChain Licensing AG

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688 applicationsfiled 2018 to 2026

Allowance rate

88%

+12 pts vs the USPTO range 85% to 90%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

17.0 mo

−1.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

32%

+4 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04L Transmission of digital information367 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes177 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing135 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks3 apps

G11C Static stores2 apps

Art units

249757 apps

369944 apps

369838 apps

249837 apps

249536 apps

OPAP36 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central38 apps

n/a

Maung T Lwin22 apps

95%

Andrew J Steinle20 apps

100%

James D Nigh15 apps

100%

Chunling Ding15 apps

85%

David J Pearson12 apps

100%

Chenyuh Kuo12 apps

73%

Mahfuzur Rahman11 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Christopher P. Harris200 apps

96%

Galvani Smith PLLC194 apps

89%

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Seattle186 apps

92%

Messner Reeves LLP107 apps

66%

WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP1 apps

n/a

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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

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19619987	METHOD FOR PROCESSING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS	2026-08-31	Pending	0	0	n/a
19605505	COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATION AND/OR PROOF OF DECRYPT…	2026-07-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
19695981	SYSTEM FOR RECORDING VERIFICATION KEYS ON A BLOCKCHAIN	2026-06-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
15690150	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15458075	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15552830	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15818016	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15973646	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15174104	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15601966	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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