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SMART & BIGGAR LP (Direct)

67 applicationsfiled 2020 to 2025

Allowance rate
76%
level with the USPTO range 61% to 87%
Rejections before allowance
1.1
−0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
27.8 mo
+9.2 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
29%
+1 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

C07K Peptides16 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing12 apps
A61P Therapeutic activity of compounds5 apps
H01M Batteries and fuel cells4 apps
A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification4 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes3 apps

Art units

167113 apps
OPAP4 apps
36512 apps
17292 apps
37912 apps
21512 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19613574ARTIFICIAL STONE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT2026-08-07Pending00n/a
19501525METHOD OF ELECTRONIC WALLET PAYMENTS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION2026-01-12Pending00n/a
19471248REAL-TIME MULTI-LANGUAGE TRANSCRIPTION WITH COLLABORATIVE EDITING2025-09-30Pending00n/a
15180368Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15544428Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15953029Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15613128Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15481362Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15154223Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15286832Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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