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UMICORE

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226 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2025

Allowance rate

80%

+4 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 85%

Rejections before allowance

2.3

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.1 mo

+2.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

38%

+11 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01M Batteries and fuel cells90 apps

C01G 47 apps

C22B 33 apps

C01B 13 apps

C23C 6 apps

B22F 5 apps

Art units

OPAP34 apps

176123 apps

173314 apps

172514 apps

172912 apps

172611 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central36 apps

n/a

Mark T Kopec14 apps

75%

Khanh Tuan Nguyen7 apps

80%

Tima Michele McGuthry Banks7 apps

86%

Monique M Wills5 apps

100%

James Lee5 apps

100%

Lucas J O Donnell4 apps

100%

Richard M Rump3 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Rimon PC - ABE90 apps

93%

NK Patent Law84 apps

90%

Crowell/27 apps

30%

SUGHRUE MION, PLLC10 apps

80%

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM)3 apps

100%

JCIPRNET3 apps

33%

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY2 apps

100%

Apex Attorneys at Law, LLP1 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
19881622	NICKEL-MANGANESE BEARING CARBONATE PRECURSOR MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING TH…	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627753	ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN METHOD FOR REMOVING URANIUM AND/OR SCANDIUM FROM NICKEL- AND…	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19618984	PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF METALS BY SOLVENT EXTRACTION	2026-08-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
15482431	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15608878	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15175407	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15590014	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15153424	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15464637	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15173390	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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