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SHELL OIL COMPANY

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2,578 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2024

Allowance rate

52%

−23 pts vs the USPTO range 50% to 54%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

19.6 mo

+1.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

25%

−2 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

E21B 436 apps

C07C 292 apps

C10G 284 apps

B01J 257 apps

C10L 167 apps

B01D 144 apps

Art units

1771358 apps

1772285 apps

3676160 apps

3674150 apps

1732130 apps

3672117 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Sharon Pregler54 apps

48%

George A Suchfield52 apps

90%

Pamela Hl Weiss51 apps

53%

Ellen M McAvoy46 apps

50%

Brian A McCaig42 apps

67%

Renee E Robinson40 apps

63%

Jafar F Parsa38 apps

74%

Latosha D Hines36 apps

25%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

SHELL USA, INC.2,433 apps

52%

Shell Oil Company22 apps

36%

RICHARD B. TAYLOR19 apps

84%

Yukiko Iwata18 apps

39%

Del S. Christensen16 apps

100%

Craig M. Lundell15 apps

40%

Conley Rose, P.C6 apps

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.4 apps

100%

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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
18835487	ISOMERIZATION AND DISPROPORTIONATION CATALYST COMPOSITION	2024-08-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
18262830	HIGH OCTANE UNLEADED AVIATION GASOLINE	2023-07-25	Abandoned	3	1	19.0 mo
18262612	APPARATUS FOR MIXING IN CATALYTIC CRACKER REACTOR	2023-07-24	Allowed	1	0	21.3 mo
15306114	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15362061	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15118327	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15648609	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15345874	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15783377	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15277891	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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