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1,488 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

80%

+4 pts vs the USPTO range 77% to 82%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

17.9 mo

−0.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

36%

+9 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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

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Compared with the office

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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification255 apps

G01V 188 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials162 apps

A63F Card, board, or video games141 apps

A61N 99 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body73 apps

Art units

2884233 apps

3715121 apps

2882112 apps

379267 apps

288143 apps

379143 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Courtney D Thomas51 apps

88%

Docket Central47 apps

n/a

Thomas R Artman39 apps

84%

Chih Cheng G Kao32 apps

84%

Jurie Yun31 apps

100%

Irakli Kiknadze31 apps

93%

Hoon K Song29 apps

86%

Joseph M Dietrich25 apps

92%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Rapiscan Systems, Inc.295 apps

82%

Activision Publishing, Inc.176 apps

94%

AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC.85 apps

92%

Cadwell Laboratories, Inc.80 apps

98%

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.64 apps

88%

SPACELABS HEALTHCARE LLC53 apps

67%

SoftWave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, LLC51 apps

68%

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION50 apps

100%

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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
19682007	Backscatter Scanning Systems with Different Detector Panel Configurations	2026-05-19	Pending	1	0	2.3 mo
19682262	Covert Surveillance Using Multi-Modality Sensing	2026-05-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19674987	Neutron Counting by Delayed Capture-Gamma Detection (DCD)	2026-05-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
15727811	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15770093	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15505641	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15795276	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15593469	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15699823	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15551416	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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