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Kunzler Needham Hilton

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1,700 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

64%

−11 pts vs the USPTO range 62% to 66%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

17.1 mo

−1.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

level with 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 processing135 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes120 apps

G11C Static stores113 apps

H10D 67 apps

H10W 67 apps

H10B 66 apps

Art units

282771 apps

OPAP44 apps

364136 apps

162330 apps

282428 apps

281622 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central45 apps

n/a

Ganapathy Krishnan18 apps

76%

Hoai V Ho18 apps

83%

Jonathan Han11 apps

73%

Jason Lappas10 apps

80%

Nikolay K Yushin10 apps

90%

Van Thu T Nguyen10 apps

50%

Michael C Henry9 apps

78%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.158 apps

53%

MONTEREY RESEARCH, LLC61 apps

89%

LONGITUDE FLASH MEMORY SOLUTIONS LTD.51 apps

71%

Glycom A/S43 apps

65%

LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED34 apps

97%

Polaris Capital Corporation28 apps

100%

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION23 apps

96%

MERIL LIFE SCIENCES PVT LTD21 apps

89%

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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
19596164	RESECTION DEVICE	2026-06-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
19590177	ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT	2026-05-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19681072	MATERIALS DETECTOR	2026-05-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
15474265	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15501595	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15265682	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15882523	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15562747	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15580977	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15295998	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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