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SALTER & MICHAELSON

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336 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

74%

−2 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 78%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.5 mo

−2.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

16%

−11 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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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A44C 27 apps

B01D 17 apps

B65D Containers for storage or transport16 apps

A63B 10 apps

G09F 9 apps

Art units

367733 apps

371119 apps

17748 apps

37326 apps

37656 apps

37536 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jack W Lavinder17 apps

94%

David C Mellon7 apps

100%

Charles E Cooley5 apps

75%

Robyn Kieu Doan4 apps

75%

Laura L Davison4 apps

25%

Cassandra Hope Davis4 apps

100%

Kevin F Murphy4 apps

50%

Docket Central4 apps

n/a

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED18 apps

50%

NATIONAL CHAIN COMPANY15 apps

100%

Fourstar Group Inc.13 apps

92%

AQUAMOTION, INC.12 apps

75%

BLUE SKIES GLOBAL LLC8 apps

100%

BMA BRAUNSCHWEIGISCHE MASCHINENBAUANSTALT GMBH7 apps

100%

ALFELDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE HERM. MEYER GMBH6 apps

50%

ACCUTECH PACKAGING, INC.4 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
19445869	REGENERATIVE MEDIA FILTER	2026-01-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
19445892	REGENERATIVE MEDIA FILTER	2026-01-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
19369849	FLUID STRAINER	2025-10-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
15838854	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15796906	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15863926	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15959830	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15296564	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15923279	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15284027	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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