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Caterpillar Inc. Joint OC

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1,399 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

27%

−49 pts vs the USPTO range 24% to 30%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.2 mo

+3.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

29%

+1 pts vs 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

E02F 184 apps

B60L 88 apps

H01M Batteries and fuel cells76 apps

E01C 75 apps

H02J Circuit arrangements for supplying electric power59 apps

B62D 54 apps

Art units

OPAP122 apps

3747114 apps

3671101 apps

361542 apps

374640 apps

374539 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central125 apps

n/a

Gary S Hartmann15 apps

33%

Raymond W Addie13 apps

27%

James G Moubry12 apps

60%

Abigail Anne Risic10 apps

100%

James Jay Kim9 apps

71%

Blake E Scoville9 apps

83%

Anthony Ayala Delgado8 apps

60%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Caterpillar Inc.1,026 apps

28%

Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.125 apps

25%

Caterpillar SARL42 apps

15%

SPM Oil & Gas Inc.38 apps

28%

Solar Turbines Incorporated36 apps

16%

Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.22 apps

53%

Perkins Engines Company Limited21 apps

Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC15 apps

40%

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Rejection fingerprint

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
19881046	System And Method For Operating Work Machines Around Over-Head Power Lines On Works…	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19626386	Hydraulic Cylinder Health State Monitoring System And A Method Thereof	2026-09-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
19622523	Work Machine Control System And Method For Operating Around Power Lines	2026-09-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
15533554	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15227948	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15729502	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15297064	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15872199	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15434023	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15916603	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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