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Gesmer Updegrove LLP

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1,426 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

71%

−4 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 74%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

19.6 mo

+1.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

32%

+5 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

B25J Manipulators, robots146 apps

B65G 136 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing97 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes59 apps

B07C 58 apps

B21B 42 apps

Art units

365597 apps

365186 apps

365244 apps

372543 apps

262532 apps

287630 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Thomas Randazzo65 apps

100%

Dean J Kramer31 apps

100%

Kyle O Logan26 apps

100%

Eduardo D Castilho18 apps

88%

Docket Central17 apps

n/a

William E Dondero13 apps

31%

James R Bidwell12 apps

100%

Bhavesh V Amin10 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.269 apps

99%

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY103 apps

83%

Berkshire Grey, Inc.76 apps

100%

PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLC71 apps

80%

FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.69 apps

38%

SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.37 apps

27%

FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.32 apps

100%

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION28 apps

61%

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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
19624753	PUSH-PULL SELF-TUNNELING BELTS, SEATS, AND SLINGS	2026-09-16	Pending	0	0	n/a
19610936	Lightweight Prefabricated Home Foundation Manufactured Via Industrial Large Scale P…	2026-07-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19528756	HIGH EFFICIENCY 3-COIL CORELESS POWER TRANSFORMER	2026-04-15	Pending	0	0	n/a
15641622	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15981514	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15946337	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15906810	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15428885	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15619925	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15550936	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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