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Company or institution

YAHOO! INC.

778 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2019

Allowance rate
48%
−27 pts vs the USPTO range 45% to 52%
Rejections before allowance
2.1
+0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
22.2 mo
+3.6 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
69%
+42 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes347 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing255 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information66 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television24 apps
H04W Wireless communication networks18 apps
G06V Image or video recognition14 apps

Art units

362276 apps
368155 apps
362142 apps
368241 apps
368831 apps
216117 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

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
16524584TAXONOMY-BASED SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING AND ANNOTATING GEOFENCES FROM GEO-REFERENCED …2019-07-29Allowed0023.5 mo
15586483METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING ENCRYPTED DATA2017-05-04Allowed107.8 mo
15496109CHAT VIDEOS2017-04-25Allowed4220.0 mo
15726586Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15279129Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15258129Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15127623Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15284591Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15897294Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15543704Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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