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JOHN P. O'BANION

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889 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

69%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 66% to 72%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.5 mo

+0.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

22%

−5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification106 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials42 apps

G02B Optical elements29 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing25 apps

B01L 23 apps

H01M Batteries and fuel cells22 apps

Art units

282823 apps

173618 apps

284217 apps

379216 apps

379116 apps

281715 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central15 apps

n/a

Allen C Wong8 apps

75%

Aaron F Roane7 apps

71%

Dean O Takaoka6 apps

100%

Puya Agahi6 apps

17%

Daniel J Berns6 apps

67%

John C Ball6 apps

67%

Jennifer L Chin5 apps

40%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA506 apps

74%

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION23 apps

83%

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION19 apps

74%

NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION17 apps

18%

SONY CORPORATION17 apps

71%

ALTERGY SYSTEMS11 apps

55%

CR FLIGHT L.L.C.10 apps

89%

DST OUTPUT WEST, LLC10 apps

80%

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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
19675157	DEEP HARMONIC FINESSE: SIGNAL SEPARATION IN WEARABLE SYSTEMS WITH LIMITED DATA	2026-05-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
19650836	HIGH STEP-DOWN POINT-OF-LOAD DC-DC POWER CONVERTER WITH CAPACITIVE ENERGY TRANSFER	2026-04-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19556256	DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE WITH MOLECULAR POLYAMINES	2026-03-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
15960528	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15860138	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15147438	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15991878	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15312621	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15174498	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15915301	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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