Law firm or agent

Hard IP Professional Services LLC (General)

Save Like

103 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

83%

+7 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 89%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.2 mo

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

30%

+3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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

Allowed in green, abandoned in red, pending in grey. The figures above and the charts that can be recomputed by filing year follow the span you pick.

Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

Unlock the comparison with the officeFree with an account. No card needed.

Create a free account

Trend

Allowance by filing year

Unlock the trendIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification9 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics9 apps

A01K 5 apps

B63G 5 apps

A47B 5 apps

G09B 3 apps

Art units

OPAP6 apps

28555 apps

36444 apps

37454 apps

17434 apps

37534 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central6 apps

n/a

Lars A Olson5 apps

100%

Trinh T Nguyen4 apps

100%

William V Gilbert3 apps

100%

Tania C Courson3 apps

100%

Christopher Ryan Legendre2 apps

50%

Ryan M Ochylski2 apps

100%

Charles E Cooley2 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

Unlock the examiners this firm meetsIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Promix Solutions AG10 apps

75%

Medivation AG6 apps

75%

SINTRATEC AG6 apps

100%

Spar Energy LLC6 apps

83%

Peka-Metall AG5 apps

100%

Hundhaus Designs LLC4 apps

100%

IS Engineering Design LLC4 apps

100%

DM Consulting Inc.3 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

Unlock the clients they file forIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

Share of parsed office actions raising each ground; blue is the USPTO.

Unlock the rejection fingerprintIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

What works

Allowance by strategy used

Unlock what works for this filerIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Interviews

Does an interview help?

Unlock the interview figuresFree with an account. No card needed.

Create a free account

Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19882983	SEQUENTIAL PULSING HEAT-TO-POWER SYSTEM	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19586056	CAP WITH SIDE SHIELDS FOR PROTECTING THE EYES FROM SUNLIGHT	2026-05-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
19569887	ARRANGEMENT OF A FRAME FOR A CORNER CABINET WITH A PULL-OUT DEVICE	2026-03-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
15472629	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15888588	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15178702	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15920909	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15804194	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15770078	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15351433	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

Unlock all 103 applications, each with its full timelineIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in