Law firm or agent

John J. McArdle, Jr.

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39 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2008

Allowance rate

69%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 54% to 81%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.5 mo

+3.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

10%

−17 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G03G 24 apps

B65H 10 apps

H01R 2 apps

H02P 1 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television1 apps

Art units

285217 apps

365312 apps

28844 apps

28332 apps

28371 apps

28541 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Ernesto A Suarez4 apps

50%

Sophia S Chen4 apps

100%

William J Royer3 apps

100%

Michael C McCullough3 apps

100%

Susan Shuk Yin Lee2 apps

50%

Gregory H Curran2 apps

100%

Benjamin R Schmitt2 apps

50%

Quana M Grainger2 apps

50%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.21 apps

48%

BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION17 apps

100%

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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
12120669	Toner Distribution Device For An Image Forming Apparatus	2008-05-15	Abandoned	2	0	37.0 mo
12049407	METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO TRANSITION BETWEEN COLOR PRINTING AND BLACK-ONLY PR…	2008-03-17	Allowed	0	0	33.1 mo
12049432	METHODS TO CONTROL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN COLOR PRINTING AND BLACK-ONLY PRINTING IN AN…	2008-03-17	Allowed	0	0	27.2 mo
15565753	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15161773	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15225137	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15702134	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15244182	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15983287	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15950712	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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