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John McDevitt

18 applicationsfiled 2020 to 2026

Allowance rate
67%
−9 pts vs the USPTO range 39% to 86%
Rejections before allowance
1.1
−0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
15.1 mo
−3.5 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
25%
−2 pts vs the USPTO

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04N Pictorial communication, television5 apps
G16B Bioinformatics4 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes4 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing2 apps
F16L 2 apps
B01F 1 apps

Art units

24244 apps
OPAP4 apps
36222 apps
21751 apps
21471 apps
21271 apps

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19658548SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MARKETING COMPENSATION BY RECOGNITION OF NATURAL PRO…2026-04-25Pending00n/a
19630286SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CONTENT CREATION BY MEANS OF COMBINING CONTENT FROM …2026-03-26Pending00n/a
19559936SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COMMERCIAL CONTENT BY WAY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE…2026-03-06Pending00n/a
15650412Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15149569Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15773088Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15321962Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15739993Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15224417Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15257235Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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