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ALAN J. HOWARTH

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91 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2023

Allowance rate

62%

−14 pts vs the USPTO range 51% to 71%

Rejections before allowance

2.9

+1.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.5 mo

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

38%

+11 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

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes30 apps

A61K Medical preparations12 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing7 apps

A61L 6 apps

A01C 3 apps

Art units

36259 apps

36849 apps

36445 apps

16335 apps

16554 apps

36883 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Christopher Conrad Busch6 apps

100%

Anne Marie Georgalas4 apps

50%

Barbara Henry Level3 apps

100%

Brittany E Bargeon3 apps

100%

Janie Meredith Loeppke3 apps

Monica L Perry3 apps

100%

Robert M Pond3 apps

100%

Michael V Meller2 apps

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Overstock.com, Inc.38 apps

87%

BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY5 apps

60%

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT5 apps

80%

F-MATIC, INC.4 apps

SAKURA PROPERTIES, LLC4 apps

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION4 apps

25%

Ross Southern Laboratories2 apps

100%

B & R MEDICAL, INC.1 apps

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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
18202844	System and Method for Optimizing Online Marketing Based Upon Relative Advertisement…	2023-05-26	Allowed	2	1	8.9 mo
17967878	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERSONALIZING ONLINE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS	2022-10-17	Allowed	2	0	6.5 mo
17556601	System, Method, and Program Product for Recognizing and Rejecting Fraudulent Purcha…	2021-12-20	Allowed	1	0	19.2 mo
15600360	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15136023	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15656321	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15511304	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15948756	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15277541	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15849164	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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