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Company or institution

Waymo LLC

2,490 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate
95%
+20 pts vs the USPTO range 94% to 96%
Rejections before allowance
1.5
−0.1 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
17.7 mo
−0.9 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
25%
−2 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

B60W Vehicle control680 apps
G01S Radio direction-finding, radar, sonar476 apps
G06V Image or video recognition177 apps
G05D Control of non-electric variables164 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television90 apps
G01C 89 apps

Art units

3645168 apps
3661166 apps
3665139 apps
3668134 apps
3669122 apps
3667116 apps

Who represents them

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What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19712209PREPARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR TURNS2026-06-18Pending00n/a
19711252Multi-axis Radar Velocity Image from Stereo Doppler Radar2026-06-17Pending00n/a
19702707DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS USING CAMERA-RADAR FUSION2026-06-09Pending00n/a
15557306Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15379173Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15389335Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15578649Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15779500Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15913335Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15202083Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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