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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

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108 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2011

Allowance rate

52%

−24 pts vs the USPTO range 43% to 61%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

26.0 mo

+7.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

13%

−14 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

H02M 31 apps

A61K Medical preparations7 apps

H05B 7 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television7 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information7 apps

B62D 6 apps

Art units

283833 apps

28216 apps

16464 apps

28724 apps

26274 apps

16472 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Shawn Riley4 apps

75%

Claire M Kaufman4 apps

Adolf D Berhane4 apps

100%

Bao Q Vu3 apps

67%

Fred E Finch III3 apps

100%

Gary L Laxton3 apps

100%

Rajnikant B Patel3 apps

100%

Jue Zhang3 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC37 apps

92%

KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.15 apps

FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.12 apps

83%

KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.8 apps

KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.7 apps

NSK LTD.7 apps

29%

BIOGEN INC.2 apps

50%

GENENTECH, INC.1 apps

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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
13072601	CHANGING CHANNELS IN A DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM	2011-03-25	Allowed	1	0	10.7 mo
12954471	MULTIMEDIA SERVICE SYSTEM BASED ON USER HISTORY	2010-11-24	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
12946751	System and Method for AC Voltage Regulation	2010-11-15	Abandoned	2	0	5.9 mo
15822575	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15773764	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15255092	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15381381	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15207654	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15617864	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15919354	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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