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Law firm or agent

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

61,304 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
74%
−1 pts vs the USPTO range 74% to 74%
Rejections before allowance
1.6
level with the USPTO
Months to first action
17.8 mo
−0.8 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
30%
+3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing4,982 apps
A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification3,993 apps
A61K Medical preparations2,933 apps
A61M Devices for introducing media into the body2,645 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes2,363 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information2,333 apps

Art units

OPAP2,202 apps
3791766 apps
3781678 apps
3785675 apps
3783609 apps
3771558 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

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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

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19883955FORCEPS STRUCTURE2026-10-09Pending00n/a
19884041SUTURING DEVICE FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY2026-10-09Pending00n/a
19884067ROBOT ARM ASSEMBLY AND ENDOSCOPIC ROBOT ARM DRIVING APPARATUS USING SAME2026-10-09Pending00n/a
15168869Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15561890Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15662347Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15814788Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15711227Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15922248Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15190848Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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