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Howard IP Law Group

1,334 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
81%
+6 pts vs the USPTO range 79% to 83%
Rejections before allowance
1.8
+0.2 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
21.1 mo
+2.5 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
32%
+5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes450 apps
G01S Radio direction-finding, radar, sonar80 apps
E21B 64 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing46 apps
H01Q 31 apps
G01F 27 apps

Art units

369190 apps
369559 apps
369457 apps
369346 apps
364646 apps
369637 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19624209Computer-implemented method for outputting the coking level of a steam cracker2026-09-15Pending00n/a
19666850HEAT SENSITIVE PROTECTIVE BARRIER2026-05-04Pending00n/a
19470213COUPLER FOR A MULTI-CAR RAIL VEHICLE2025-09-29Pending00n/a
15941849Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15243618Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15684198Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15865376Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15806485Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15506338Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15953870Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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