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McDermott Will & Schulte LLP (Meta)

1,601 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate
88%
+13 pts vs the USPTO range 87% to 90%
Rejections before allowance
1.7
+0.1 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
15.6 mo
−3.0 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
37%
+10 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing393 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information287 apps
G02B Optical elements158 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television112 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes104 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation85 apps

Art units

OPAP55 apps
287246 apps
245740 apps
245434 apps
244732 apps
283529 apps

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
19687375Techniques for Using Floodlight LEDs When Imaging Sensors Have an Insufficient Leve…2026-05-26Pending00n/a
19683845ARRANGEMENTS OF ILLUMINATION SOURCES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF A DIGIT-OCCLUDED REGION …2026-05-21Pending00n/a
19637822TEMPORAL GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS2026-04-02Pending00n/a
15499430Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15864811Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15180095Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15268469Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15584073Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15316828Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15622064Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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