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SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC.

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509 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2021

Allowance rate

76%

level with the USPTO range 72% to 80%

Rejections before allowance

2.1

+0.6 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

23.8 mo

+5.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

42%

+15 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

E21B 324 apps

B24D 40 apps

G01V 32 apps

B22F 18 apps

B01J 14 apps

B30B 9 apps

Art units

3672144 apps

3676137 apps

173131 apps

285819 apps

367417 apps

285711 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Cathleen R Hutchins26 apps

81%

Brad Harcourt24 apps

83%

Jennifer Hawkins Gay20 apps

95%

Nicole A Coy19 apps

68%

Giovanna Collins Wright17 apps

82%

Yong-Suk Ro17 apps

94%

Taras P Bemko16 apps

75%

Thukhanh T Nguyen12 apps

92%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.347 apps

70%

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION120 apps

91%

Novatek IP, LLC18 apps

94%

WELLBORE INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LLC10 apps

100%

HIGH ARCTIC ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP1 apps

100%

M-I L.L.C.1 apps

Sandra J. Grebe1 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
17164622	MULTIPLE RIDGE CUTTING ELEMENT	2021-02-01	Allowed	2	0	5.3 mo
17258512	FIXED CUTTER DRILL BIT WITH HIGH FLUID PRESSURES	2021-01-07	Allowed	1	0	12.7 mo
17135297	EXPANDABLE CUTTING TOOL	2020-12-28	Allowed	2	0	14.8 mo
15408751	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15728143	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15429506	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15858879	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15220472	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15342250	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15217799	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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