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BNSF Railway Company

290 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate
99%
+23 pts vs the USPTO range 96% to 100%
Rejections before allowance
1.4
−0.2 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
12.6 mo
−6.0 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
26%
−1 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

B61L 121 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes24 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation18 apps
B61K 17 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing13 apps
G01F 11 apps

Art units

361725 apps
OPAP25 apps
366122 apps
361517 apps
366313 apps
362411 apps

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19717272SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING UTILIZATION OF HOSTLER RESOURCES OF A HUB BASED ON…2026-06-23Pending00n/a
19717302SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERMODAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT2026-06-23Pending00n/a
19708357RAILROAD VIRTUAL TRACK BLOCK SYSTEM2026-06-15Pending00n/a
15961682Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15976084Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15186495Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15632452Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15545055Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15825604Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15156504Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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