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EPSTEIN & GERKEN

66 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

48%

−28 pts vs the USPTO range 36% to 60%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.5 mo

+2.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

11%

−16 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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

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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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification9 apps

A61F 6 apps

A01F 6 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing4 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body4 apps

G21C 3 apps

Art units

37257 apps

37317 apps

37635 apps

16153 apps

37613 apps

26172 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jimmy T Nguyen6 apps

80%

Emily Louise Schmidt3 apps

0%

William A Craigo3 apps

0%

Sarah Webb Aleman2 apps

100%

Mark E Hershley2 apps

0%

Hongmin Fan2 apps

0%

Katherine Menglin Shi2 apps

50%

Matthew F Desanto2 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

B&M PRECISION, INC.6 apps

83%

BIODERM, INC.5 apps

0%

TWIN PAK, LLC5 apps

80%

DOOSAN BABCOCK ENERGY AMERICA LLC3 apps

100%

MORNINGSTAR CORPORATION3 apps

67%

CDA RESEARCH GROUP, INC.2 apps

0%

LINEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2 apps

0%

PINNACLE LICENSING LLC2 apps

100%

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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
19088661	Baling Apparatus and Method	2025-03-24	Pending	0	0	18.4 mo
18408441	Tandem Photovoltaic and Thermophotovoltaic Cell Assemblies for Converting Solar Ene…	2024-01-09	Abandoned	1	0	13.9 mo
18218984	Baling Apparatus and Method	2023-07-06	Allowed	1	0	6.5 mo
15280451	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15355218	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15854974	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15836055	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15536096	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15407650	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15117035	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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