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SMS group GmbH

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438 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

78%

+2 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 82%

Rejections before allowance

1.9

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

23.2 mo

+4.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

40%

+13 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

B21B 180 apps

B22D 38 apps

B21C 32 apps

C21D 20 apps

B21D 16 apps

C21C 13 apps

Art units

3725160 apps

173344 apps

173534 apps

OPAP28 apps

372611 apps

365410 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Edward Thomas Tolan28 apps

93%

Docket Central27 apps

n/a

Debra M Sullivan19 apps

83%

Teresa M Ekiert17 apps

82%

Mohammed S Alawadi16 apps

80%

Bobby Yeonjin Kim16 apps

94%

Michael Aboagye13 apps

83%

Scott R Kastler13 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Smartpat PLC140 apps

84%

AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP89 apps

69%

LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP69 apps

67%

COLLARD & ROE, P.C.50 apps

90%

MAIER & MAIER, PLLC49 apps

91%

KF ROSS PC12 apps

83%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP8 apps

n/a

DORITY & MANNING, P.A.5 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
19628067	MOLD FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING MOLD	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627655	METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A PIG IRON DESULFURIZATION PROCESS	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627202	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CASINGS	2026-09-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
15775064	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15821131	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15296791	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15549928	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15136552	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15126713	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15587633	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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