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Ken Horton/FormFactor

76 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2012

Allowance rate
45%
−31 pts vs the USPTO range 34% to 56%
Rejections before allowance
1.9
+0.4 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
17.7 mo
−0.9 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
37%
+10 pts vs the USPTO

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Applications

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ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
13731259Carbon Nanotube Contact Structures For Use With Semiconductor Dies And Other Electr…2012-12-31Allowed106.8 mo
13693338Method And Apparatus For Designing A Custom Test System2012-12-04Abandoned2028.6 mo
13681896Hybrid Electrical Contactor2012-11-20Allowed1026.3 mo
15819953Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15284625Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15561666Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15163057Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15577315Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15841522Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15764795Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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