Company or institution

NCS MULTISTAGE INC.

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98 applicationsfiled 2015 to 2026

Allowance rate

77%

+1 pts vs the USPTO range 67% to 84%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.9 mo

−1.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

22%

−5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

E21B 94 apps

C09K 3 apps

F24T 1 apps

Art units

367238 apps

367622 apps

367917 apps

367416 apps

37532 apps

17881 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Tara E Schimpf9 apps

78%

Matthew R Buck7 apps

100%

Nicole A Coy6 apps

33%

Giovanna Collins Wright5 apps

80%

Steven A Macdonald5 apps

100%

James G Sayre4 apps

50%

Caroline N Butcher4 apps

75%

David L Andrews4 apps

75%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

ROBIC33 apps

100%

Sheridan Ross PC17 apps

87%

Nolte Lackenbach Siegel10 apps

100%

SMART & BIGGAR LP8 apps

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Denver6 apps

67%

Smart & Biggar LP (NCS Multistage Inc.)6 apps

33%

ANDRUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, LLP4 apps

100%

NCS - Blank Rome LLP4 apps

25%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19611942	HYDRAULICALLY ACTIVATED AND MECHANICALLY SET LINER HANGER	2026-08-03	Pending	0	0	n/a
19589357	SCREENS AND SCREEN ASSEMBLIES HAVING OVERLAPPING LAYERS	2026-05-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
19520779	MULTI-MODE CONVERTIBLE VALVE SLEEVE	2026-03-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
15535988	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15690766	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15794327	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15338764	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15665234	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15814656	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15362559	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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