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Law firm or agent

Crowell/NTT DoCoMo, Inc

203 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2025

Allowance rate
84%
+9 pts vs the USPTO range 78% to 89%
Rejections before allowance
1.6
level with the USPTO
Months to first action
12.1 mo
−6.5 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
20%
−7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04N Pictorial communication, television102 apps
G10L Speech analysis, synthesis, recognition36 apps
H04W Wireless communication networks15 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information15 apps
H04B Transmission14 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing10 apps

Art units

248832 apps
248715 apps
248213 apps
248611 apps
265810 apps
265910 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

NTT DOCOMO, INC.165 apps
86%
GOOGLE LLC1 apps
100%

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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

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19008402AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, AUDIO DECODING METHOD, AUDIO ENCODING…2025-01-02Pending00n/a
17874975AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, AUDIO DECODING METHOD, AUDIO ENCODING…2022-07-27Allowed1022.6 mo
17702473AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, METHOD AND PR…2022-03-23Allowed1011.6 mo
15339033Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15817974Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15906071Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15490109Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15269766Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15791399Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15645235Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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