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MKG LLC

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740 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2022

Allowance rate

46%

−29 pts vs the USPTO range 43% to 50%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

19.9 mo

+1.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

26%

level with the USPTO

Timeline

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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

G06F Electric digital data processing61 apps

H10D 52 apps

B04B 45 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes34 apps

B01D 33 apps

F16C 24 apps

Art units

177436 apps

365625 apps

179713 apps

363513 apps

364612 apps

177211 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Charles E Cooley26 apps

96%

Dung H Bui16 apps

100%

William V Gilbert12 apps

92%

Elizabeth A Quast6 apps

83%

Shuyi S Liu6 apps

83%

James Pilkington5 apps

Alan B Waits5 apps

Daniel D Wasil4 apps

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

NTT DOCOMO, INC.112 apps

45%

ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB87 apps

89%

ROLLER BEARING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.41 apps

SHANGHAI HUAHONG GRACE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION39 apps

90%

SHANGHAI HUA HONG NEC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.30 apps

77%

EMSEAL JOINT SYSTEMS LTD.22 apps

91%

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SWEDEN AB15 apps

53%

CASTINEIRAS COMPANIES, LLC14 apps

14%

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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
17697332	FORMING, DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE, IRRIGATION AND ATHLETIC F…	2022-03-17	Abandoned	1	0	22.2 mo
17312992	ALCOLOCK DEVICE AND SYSTEM	2021-06-11	Abandoned	1	0	22.3 mo
17230234	METHOD FOR MAKING MOSFET AND MOSFET	2021-04-14	Allowed	1	0	11.7 mo
15650009	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15165974	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15992238	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15164931	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15311632	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15549631	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15339086	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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