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HICKMAN BECKER BINGHAM LEDESMA LLP

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1,588 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

73%

−3 pts vs the USPTO range 70% to 75%

Rejections before allowance

2.0

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.2 mo

+1.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

42%

+15 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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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing449 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes303 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information274 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television76 apps

G09B 36 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation34 apps

Art units

371550 apps

362429 apps

217828 apps

267425 apps

216323 apps

362823 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Cong Lac T Huynh18 apps

100%

Ming Y Hon11 apps

82%

Docket Central10 apps

n/a

Omkar A Deodhar9 apps

88%

Chuong D Ngo8 apps

63%

Brenda C Bernardi7 apps

100%

Sujay Koneru7 apps

57%

Marlon T Fletcher7 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.361 apps

76%

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.114 apps

90%

Apollo Education Group, Inc.45 apps

33%

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.24 apps

100%

ZAZZLE INC.21 apps

100%

Xage Security, Inc.20 apps

95%

Coupa Software Incorporated19 apps

95%

Risk Management Solutions, Inc.18 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
19643958	Data Stream Enabled Return Mail Services	2026-04-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
19553870	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ASSESSING CURRENT RISK ASSOCIATED WITH A MARITIME…	2026-03-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19550683	REDUCING LATENCY AND OPTIMIZING PROXY NETWORKS	2026-02-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
15241700	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15818598	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15989211	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15678579	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15797138	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15668465	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15202123	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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