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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

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12,639 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

66%

−9 pts vs the USPTO range 65% to 67%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.8 mo

+1.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

29%

+2 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G02B Optical elements1,214 apps

C09J 875 apps

B32B 490 apps

A61C 364 apps

A62B 362 apps

A61F 355 apps

Art units

2872630 apps

1788474 apps

1787368 apps

1762313 apps

OPAP287 apps

1765284 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central282 apps

Pegah Parvini108 apps

71%

Frank D Ducheneaux90 apps

53%

Anish P Desai67 apps

54%

Jessica Whiteley65 apps

81%

Tae H Yoon61 apps

75%

Nicole M Buie-Hatcher60 apps

60%

Victor S Chang58 apps

41%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY11,147 apps

65%

SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY225 apps

100%

D B INDUSTRIES, LLC74 apps

99%

Scott Technologies, Inc.48 apps

85%

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT35 apps

100%

3M DEUTSCHLAND GMBH22 apps

68%

CERADYNE, INC.18 apps

83%

MEDIT CORP.17 apps

100%

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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
19883862	Light Control Film and Display System Including Same	2026-10-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
19882913	DIRECT TO PAD DISPENSING OF POLISHING COMPOUND FOR AUTOMATED PAINT REPAIR	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19882916	Polymeric Multilayer Film and Article and Related Process	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
15932863	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15901399	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15712455	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15302004	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15215536	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15641178	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15306454	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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