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Irell & Manella LLP

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258 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

61%

−14 pts vs the USPTO range 55% to 67%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

16.8 mo

−1.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

+1 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

G11B 42 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes24 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing21 apps

H04R 15 apps

B60Q 14 apps

H03F 9 apps

Art units

262738 apps

287514 apps

371110 apps

28317 apps

36797 apps

28446 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Kin C Wong9 apps

67%

Anthony J Calandra7 apps

83%

Tung X Le7 apps

57%

James Lee Habermehl6 apps

83%

Fred Tzeng6 apps

83%

Xu Mei5 apps

40%

Anatoly Vortman5 apps

80%

Brian Ensey5 apps

80%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.42 apps

64%

I/O Controls Corporation29 apps

76%

Pliant Energy Systems LLC16 apps

94%

THX LTD.16 apps

88%

Quantifind, Inc.13 apps

69%

Spears Manufacturing Co.9 apps

100%

AUDATEX NORTH AMERICA, INC.8 apps

RUDELL DESIGN, LLC8 apps

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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

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19206692	METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR INSTILLING STEM CELLS AND PHARMACEUTICALS INTO…	2025-05-13	Pending	2	1	1.5 mo
19034058	APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR YIELD INCREASE IN A KRAFT COOKING PLANT	2025-01-22	Pending	1	0	18.3 mo
18811033	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OVER-THE-AIR UPDATE	2024-08-21	Allowed	2	0	14.8 mo
15979907	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15752201	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15184186	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15279874	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15348062	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15298451	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15948616	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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