Law firm or agent

Brooks Kushman P.C./Ford

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1,379 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

21%

−54 pts vs the USPTO range 19% to 24%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.9 mo

+2.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

level with the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01M Batteries and fuel cells185 apps

B60L 152 apps

B60R 81 apps

B60W Vehicle control78 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing56 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes50 apps

Art units

OPAP85 apps

285956 apps

366539 apps

361235 apps

366834 apps

366330 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central85 apps

n/a

Richard G Reinhardt10 apps

Shelley Chen8 apps

63%

Aaron L Troost7 apps

Jordan S Fei7 apps

Frances F Hamilton6 apps

Dennis H Pedder6 apps

33%

Genna M Mott6 apps

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC1,259 apps

21%

FORD MOTOR COMPANY50 apps

10%

Myine Electronics, Inc.10 apps

30%

Argo AI, LLC9 apps

100%

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY4 apps

25%

Humi Widhalm2 apps

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN2 apps

50%

VOLVO CAR CORPORATION2 apps

50%

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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
19715493	ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLES ENABLING INDEPENDENT COOLI…	2026-06-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19710974	VEHICLE BATTERY CELL BALANCING	2026-06-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19692450	DEHUMIDIFICATION CONTROL STRATEGY	2026-05-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
15468946	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15759845	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15820342	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15489929	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15618876	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15663952	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15137734	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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