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Sphero, Inc.

96 applicationsfiled 2012 to 2025

Allowance rate
75%
level with the USPTO range 65% to 83%
Rejections before allowance
1.5
−0.1 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
16.1 mo
−2.5 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
33%
+6 pts vs the USPTO

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A63H 25 apps
G05D Control of non-electric variables20 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing8 apps
B25J Manipulators, robots7 apps
G06V Image or video recognition6 apps
H01R 6 apps

Art units

36689 apps
36658 apps
36186 apps
36165 apps
36624 apps
36614 apps

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19148832SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH CONSTRUCTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND KITS2025-07-17Pending00n/a
19038085INDUCTIVE COUPLING ACROSS A MOVING BOUNDARY OF A MOBILE DEVICE2025-01-27Pending00n/a
19010952METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF A DEVICE2025-01-06Pending00n/a
15798202Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15673171Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15276901Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15811949Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15858324Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15511172Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15360502Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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