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Law firm or agent

SMART & BIGGAR LP/SHOPIFY

238 applicationsfiled 2018 to 2026

Allowance rate
80%
+4 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 85%
Rejections before allowance
2.1
+0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
17.0 mo
−1.6 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
60%
+33 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing105 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes93 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information13 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation11 apps
G06N Computing arrangements based on specific computational models7 apps
G06V Image or video recognition4 apps

Art units

OPAP20 apps
362515 apps
368411 apps
362810 apps
26117 apps
36887 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SHOPIFY INC.238 apps
80%

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What gets rejected, by statute

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19714152SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER GENERATION OF A MODIFIABLE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION2026-06-19Pending00n/a
19699147METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDICATING RESOURCE USAGE PARAMETER FOR PROMPTING A LARGE L…2026-06-05Pending00n/a
19695601SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PRODUCT INFORMATION USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MOD…2026-06-02Pending00n/a
15672310Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15960060Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15298923Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15899976Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15724190Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15618463Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15420478Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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