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Company or institution

Square, Inc.

759 applicationsfiled 2010 to 2021

Allowance rate
89%
+14 pts vs the USPTO range 87% to 91%
Rejections before allowance
2.1
+0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
15.5 mo
−3.1 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
47%
+20 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes566 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing61 apps
G06K Recognition and presentation of data53 apps
H04W Wireless communication networks17 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information11 apps

Art units

3687153 apps
3627103 apps
288769 apps
287637 apps
369131 apps
368528 apps

Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

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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

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
17508872CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION ROUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS2021-10-22Allowed2130.3 mo
17357778AUTOMATIC TAX ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT2021-06-24Allowed211.6 mo
17218736CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION ROUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS2021-03-31Allowed102.0 mo
15544715Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15961321Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15536376Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15638274Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15983981Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15364439Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15292965Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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