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1,362 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

86%

+11 pts vs the USPTO range 84% to 88%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

17.9 mo

−0.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

15%

−12 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

G06F Electric digital data processing97 apps

G06N Computing arrangements based on specific computational models77 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification63 apps

C01B 46 apps

H10D 43 apps

H10F 37 apps

Art units

OPAP66 apps

288436 apps

176424 apps

179522 apps

212322 apps

173620 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central66 apps

Quang T Van14 apps

100%

Anand P Bhatnagar12 apps

100%

Lut Wong11 apps

100%

Edna Wong9 apps

89%

Peter L Vajda8 apps

75%

Tan V Mai8 apps

100%

Benjamin P Geib7 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Northwestern University319 apps

87%

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation295 apps

93%

SAS Institute Inc.211 apps

91%

Xerox Corporation62 apps

82%

The University of Chicago54 apps

97%

University of Kansas51 apps

95%

Trek Bicycle Corporation37 apps

84%

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION20 apps

75%

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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

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19880792	METHODS FOR REGENERATING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880350	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING URETHRAL STRICTURE LENGTH	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623850	PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS WITH DUAL SITE BINDING LIGANDS	2026-09-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
15127842	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15587884	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15148858	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15452282	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15767525	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15538727	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15204623	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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