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603 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

62%

−13 pts vs the USPTO range 58% to 66%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.9 mo

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

26%

level with the USPTO

Timeline

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

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Compared with the office

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A23J 96 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information42 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing29 apps

C07K Peptides24 apps

A23L 20 apps

B62J 17 apps

Art units

179157 apps

179328 apps

165518 apps

179215 apps

175912 apps

OPAP12 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Elizabeth A Gwartney66 apps

36%

Randall O Winston16 apps

75%

Anthony J Weier14 apps

57%

Docket Central12 apps

n/a

Subbalakshmi Prakash10 apps

30%

Tynesha L. McClain8 apps

13%

Shawquia Jackson7 apps

86%

Tamra Dicus6 apps

17%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

BURCON NUTRASCIENCE (MB) CORP.92 apps

45%

D3 Innovation Inc.25 apps

84%

CAST Group of Companies Inc.17 apps

100%

Evoco Limited16 apps

93%

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA16 apps

67%

ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.14 apps

29%

EXCO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED13 apps

100%

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION11 apps

91%

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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
19554802	DIRICHLET CONVOLUTION-BASED CRYPTOGRAPHY METHODS AND SYSTEMS	2026-03-03	Pending	0	0	n/a
19457505	METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMATIC LOCATION SELECTION OF DISPLAYS BASED ON AVAILAB…	2026-01-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19457885	COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING TORSO ULTRASOUND	2026-01-23	Pending	3	0	2.5 mo
15789243	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15666841	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15928022	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15966366	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15719967	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15557218	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15213307	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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