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ERNEST D. BUFF

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362 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

69%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 64% to 74%

Rejections before allowance

2.4

+0.8 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.4 mo

+0.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

41%

+14 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes36 apps

A01K 24 apps

A63B 19 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification17 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information15 apps

A61K Medical preparations12 apps

Art units

367113 apps

364311 apps

363411 apps

371110 apps

377510 apps

24549 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jean Alland Gelin12 apps

100%

Marshall M McLeod8 apps

100%

Son T Nguyen7 apps

71%

Stephen Francis Gerrity6 apps

100%

Daniel C Gamett6 apps

33%

Docket Central5 apps

n/a

Jamie Louise McGowan5 apps

80%

Matthew James Lawson5 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

I DID IT, INC.22 apps

55%

NITE GLOW INDUSTRIES, INC.12 apps

83%

LRS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC10 apps

100%

RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION10 apps

100%

INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, LLC9 apps

100%

JERSEY TACTICAL CORP.7 apps

71%

KUCHARCO CORPORATION7 apps

100%

WAG ACQUISITION, L.L.C.7 apps

86%

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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
19542178	GOLF PUTTING GAMING SYSTEM, METHODS, AND APPLICATION	2026-02-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19362266	INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR A COMPUTER-ASSISTED COILING MACHINE TOOL	2025-10-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19264127	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF AN ADIABATIC HEAT PUMP	2025-07-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
15182765	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15266594	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15389114	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15560402	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15142134	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15517116	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15776084	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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