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Law firm or agent

Matthew Dernier, Esq.

1,543 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2023

Allowance rate
86%
+10 pts vs the USPTO range 84% to 87%
Rejections before allowance
2.0
+0.4 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
17.4 mo
−1.2 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
38%
+11 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A63F Card, board, or video games302 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing268 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation139 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television121 apps
G02B Optical elements68 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information35 apps

Art units

3715131 apps
261131 apps
261329 apps
283525 apps
371425 apps
371623 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
18452819DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD2023-08-21Allowed108.0 mo
18546851INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM2023-08-17Allowed106.9 mo
18259093DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING COOPERATION BETWEEN TELE-EXISTENCE AND HEA…2023-06-23Allowed007.4 mo
15584075Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15394341Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15964559Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15388901Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15488114Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15215175Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15342189Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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