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Houston General

688 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
76%
level with the USPTO range 72% to 79%
Rejections before allowance
1.7
+0.1 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
18.8 mo
+0.2 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
31%
+4 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

C09K 91 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing45 apps
E21B 44 apps
A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification35 apps
G01N Investigating or analysing materials28 apps
A01N 25 apps

Art units

367454 apps
OPAP35 apps
176831 apps
176617 apps
379112 apps
367211 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19882645IOL LENS CUTTER TOOL2026-10-06Pending00n/a
19880895METHOD OF FORMING A SINTERING POWDER COMPRISING COPPER PARTICLES2026-09-30Pending00n/a
19880128BIOPESTICIDAL COMPOSITION2026-09-28Pending00n/a
15629597Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15103384Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15994735Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15147741Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15770880Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15818902Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15978730Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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