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68 applicationsfiled 2013 to 2025

Allowance rate

87%

+12 pts vs the USPTO range 76% to 94%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.1 mo

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

20%

−7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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

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Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01Q 7 apps

H10W 6 apps

G02B Optical elements4 apps

G02F 4 apps

C23C 3 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials3 apps

Art units

28357 apps

28455 apps

OPAP5 apps

37474 apps

17943 apps

28743 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central6 apps

n/a

Adam B Dravininkas3 apps

100%

Michael A Band2 apps

50%

Robert Joseph Hoffberg2 apps

100%

John M Zaleskas2 apps

Hoang V Nguyen2 apps

100%

Ricardo I Magallanes2 apps

100%

Sherry Lynn Estremsky2 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Massachusetts Institute of Technology61 apps

86%

Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited2 apps

100%

Brown University1 apps

100%

Cambridge Enterprise Limited1 apps

n/a

NTT Research, Inc.1 apps

n/a

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York1 apps

n/a

Universität Paderborn1 apps

n/a

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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
19617896	SEEDED SYNTHESIS OF LOW DISPERSITY NANOSPHERES AND THEIR ASSEMBLY INTO PHOTONIC CRY…	2026-08-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19612613	CHEMICAL LABELING AND IDENTIFICATION VIA CHEMICAL FEATURIZATION, MACHINE LEARNING, …	2026-08-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
19588762	REMOTE-CONTACT CATALYSIS FOR HIGH-PURITY SEMICONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY	2026-05-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
15206184	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15820663	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15291693	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15973903	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15358245	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15126498	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15969336	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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