Company or institution

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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740 applicationsfiled 2008 to 2018

Allowance rate

70%

−5 pts vs the USPTO range 67% to 73%

Rejections before allowance

2.1

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.9 mo

+3.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

51%

+24 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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 purposes446 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing131 apps

G06K Recognition and presentation of data20 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information20 apps

A47F 12 apps

E01H 12 apps

Art units

362594 apps

368447 apps

362738 apps

368735 apps

368328 apps

287624 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Michael I Ezewoko10 apps

30%

Meredith A Long10 apps

Christopher B Seibert9 apps

56%

Ken Hoang8 apps

88%

Ming Shui7 apps

71%

Laura G Yesildag7 apps

29%

Brittney M Carroll7 apps

57%

Ahshik Kim7 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

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP308 apps

99%

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP ( WALMART)237 apps

18%

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP/Walmart Apollo125 apps

99%

Foley IP Law, PLLC40 apps

98%

Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP19 apps

11%

Husch Blackwell LLP3 apps

33%

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF)(Walmart)3 apps

100%

Schmeiser Olsen PLLC2 apps

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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
15992132	SYSTEMS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR DISPLAYING …	2018-05-29	Allowed	2	1	5.0 mo
15950062	ADD ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS ORDERS	2018-04-10	Allowed	1	0	20.4 mo
15883734	SYSTEMS TO INTERLEAVE SEARCH RESULTS AND RELATED METHODS THEREFOR	2018-01-30	Allowed	1	0	25.4 mo
15151004	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15213946	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15797026	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15135279	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15332414	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15727684	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15334947	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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