Company or institution

Novelis Inc.

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387 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

69%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 64% to 74%

Rejections before allowance

2.2

+0.6 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.9 mo

+2.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

47%

+20 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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

B22D 99 apps

C22C 59 apps

B21B 57 apps

B21D 22 apps

C22F 22 apps

B32B 16 apps

Art units

173384 apps

173563 apps

372538 apps

178429 apps

OPAP28 apps

173414 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central27 apps

n/a

Janell Combs Morillo25 apps

74%

Kevin P Kerns21 apps

76%

Lois L Zheng19 apps

76%

Michael Aboagye17 apps

81%

Daniel J Schleis16 apps

81%

Steven S Ha13 apps

62%

Edward Thomas Tolan12 apps

80%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Novelis / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP365 apps

71%

Christopher C. Dunham9 apps

11%

HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI PC2 apps

100%

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - East Coast2 apps

100%

c/o Cooper & Dunham LLP1 apps

Gary J. Gershik; John P. White1 apps

Henkel Corporation1 apps

n/a

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast1 apps

n/a

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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
19882639	METHODS OF PROCESSING 6XXX SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND RELATED PRODUCTS	2026-10-06	Pending	0	0	n/a
19624939	6XXX SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOYS PRODUCED FROM MIXED RECYCLED ALUMINUM ALLOY SCRAP FOR A…	2026-09-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19625188	HIGH CHROMIUM 3XXX SERIES AND 5XXX SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND RELATED PRODUCTS	2026-09-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
15792823	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15285048	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15378255	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15272154	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15781176	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15971397	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15561115	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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