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Valco Instruments Company, L.P.

23 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2022

Allowance rate
100%
+25 pts vs the USPTO range 86% to 100%
Rejections before allowance
0.7
−0.9 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
19.2 mo
+0.6 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
4%
−23 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G01N Investigating or analysing materials11 apps
F16L 3 apps
F16K 2 apps
F04B 2 apps
B01D 2 apps
G05D Control of non-electric variables1 apps

Art units

28614 apps
37423 apps
28563 apps
37523 apps
36793 apps
28682 apps

Who represents them

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
17961123Linear actuator for chromatography2022-10-06Allowed0036.1 mo
17411488System and valve for liquid chromatography2021-08-25Allowed0012.0 mo
16710796Valve for high and ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography2019-12-11Allowed0018.9 mo
15661230Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15299541Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15389598Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15912955Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15179995Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15360416Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15216218Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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