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227 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2013

Allowance rate

58%

−17 pts vs the USPTO range 52% to 64%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

24.5 mo

+5.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

24%

−3 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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification10 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing10 apps

B23Q 9 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body7 apps

C22C 6 apps

G01Q 6 apps

Art units

26248 apps

37636 apps

28325 apps

17335 apps

28225 apps

37325 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Christopher Upton4 apps

50%

Stanton L Krycinski4 apps

100%

Paul E Patton3 apps

100%

Willmon Fridie Jr3 apps

33%

Jason L Savage3 apps

Erin Barry Saad2 apps

50%

Kien T Nguyen2 apps

100%

Daniel W Howell2 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

MANI, INC.16 apps

44%

MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.14 apps

71%

KEYENCE CORPORATION9 apps

89%

NIPPON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.8 apps

50%

TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.7 apps

57%

YAMAHA CORPORATION7 apps

57%

JPK INSTRUMENTS AG6 apps

100%

NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD.6 apps

17%

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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
14145913	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING WHETHER AN INFORMATIO…	2013-12-31	Abandoned	1	0	30.9 mo
13805657	SURFACE MOUNTING VARISTOR	2013-02-10	Allowed	1	0	14.3 mo
13759551	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD	2013-02-05	Allowed	1	0	4.2 mo
15605198	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15554279	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15303543	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15468538	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15216183	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15745167	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15607220	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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