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DUFT & BORNSEN, PC

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2,003 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

83%

+7 pts vs the USPTO range 81% to 84%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.0 mo

−2.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

23%

−4 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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

B41J 326 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing251 apps

G03G 158 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television135 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information109 apps

B60W Vehicle control96 apps

Art units

2853300 apps

2852142 apps

OPAP135 apps

267550 apps

267449 apps

374744 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central135 apps

n/a

Sharon A Polk20 apps

100%

Jannelle M Lebron19 apps

95%

Lam S Nguyen19 apps

100%

Shelby Lee Fidler18 apps

89%

Alexander D Shenderov17 apps

100%

Lamson D Nguyen17 apps

100%

An H Do14 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.976 apps

89%

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.521 apps

78%

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.86 apps

74%

ALCATEL LUCENT55 apps

69%

ETRIA CO., LTD.46 apps

100%

The Boeing Company44 apps

68%

Nokia Technologies Oy44 apps

88%

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy27 apps

71%

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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
19630727	FUEL CELL STACK	2026-03-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19631000	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS	2026-03-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19631008	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM	2026-03-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
15341171	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15189529	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15278037	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15403345	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15773382	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15149912	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15163988	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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