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James Shead

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3,061 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

56%

−19 pts vs the USPTO range 55% to 58%

Rejections before allowance

2.0

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.2 mo

+3.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

44%

+17 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

H04N Pictorial communication, television1,072 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information426 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing326 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation251 apps

G11B 144 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks107 apps

Art units

242295 apps

248491 apps

242180 apps

248577 apps

266567 apps

242663 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

William C Dowling15 apps

73%

Nathnael B Aynalem15 apps

87%

Reza Aghevli14 apps

86%

Thanh T Vu14 apps

100%

Hung Q Dang14 apps

57%

Trang U Tran14 apps

43%

Michael Lee13 apps

85%

Paul W Huber12 apps

83%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

THOMSON LICENSING1,831 apps

38%

INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS351 apps

96%

INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS273 apps

99%

MAGNOLIA LICENSING LLC185 apps

95%

ARRIS Enterprises LLC85 apps

93%

INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.79 apps

92%

THOMSON LICENSING DTV32 apps

16%

CONTENTARMOR12 apps

100%

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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
19585012	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPERATING SYSTEM AND MIDDLEWARE UPDATES IN A COMM…	2026-05-06	Pending	0	0	n/a
19101372	USER ACTIVITY MONITORING USING AVAILABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTHS	2025-02-05	Pending	2	0	14.9 mo
19099170	SEAMLESS AUDIO AND VIDEO TRANSITION	2025-01-28	Allowed	0	0	12.1 mo
15481871	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15259678	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15200640	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15131314	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15924979	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15380679	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15762144	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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