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MARK RODGERS

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180 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

55%

−20 pts vs the USPTO range 48% to 63%

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

19%

−9 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

E21B 20 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials18 apps

G01Q 13 apps

E21D 9 apps

E02D 9 apps

E04H 8 apps

Art units

285615 apps

367815 apps

376111 apps

363310 apps

367210 apps

28819 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Sean D Andrish8 apps

29%

Joe E Mills Jr.6 apps

80%

Kiet Tuan Nguyen5 apps

100%

Jeanette E Chapman4 apps

75%

Brian W Jennison4 apps

100%

Daniel Sean Larkin4 apps

100%

Paul M West4 apps

75%

Rodney T Frank4 apps

75%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

HERRENKNECHT AG29 apps

82%

Numerical Design, Inc.12 apps

80%

BRUKER NANO, INC.11 apps

100%

Cogi, Inc.7 apps

71%

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY6 apps

50%

JUNG & CO. GERATEBAU GMBH5 apps

80%

TIMBER TOWER GMBH5 apps

40%

APPLIED NANOSTRUCTURES, INC.4 apps

75%

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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
19588092	MAIN DRIVE SEAL SYSTEM FOR A TUNNEL BORING MACHINE	2026-05-15	Pending	0	0	n/a
19583861	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETER OF AN EXCAVATED MATERIAL	2026-04-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19504662	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINING A CAVITY IN THE GROUND	2026-01-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
15482664	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15813874	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15789252	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15957632	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15283411	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15532640	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15237823	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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