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STEPTOE LLP/DC

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719 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

55%

−21 pts vs the USPTO range 51% to 58%

Rejections before allowance

1.9

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.0 mo

+1.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

30%

+3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01H 45 apps

A61K Medical preparations38 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing38 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials28 apps

A63B 26 apps

G01R 24 apps

Art units

283330 apps

371127 apps

283617 apps

285815 apps

179713 apps

364312 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Sebastiano Passaniti13 apps

100%

Richard Thomas Price Jr12 apps

75%

Marina Fishman11 apps

82%

Tung X Nguyen7 apps

100%

Nina Nmn Bhat6 apps

67%

Alvin A Hunter6 apps

100%

Kesha Frisby5 apps

40%

Vinh Tang Lam4 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS77 apps

90%

POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION25 apps

48%

DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS24 apps

33%

WISTRON CORPORATION18 apps

78%

ASKEY COMPUTER CORPORATION17 apps

18%

NICHIAS CORPORATION17 apps

53%

CLONDIAG GMBH12 apps

83%

KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY11 apps

91%

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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
19665685	PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICING	2026-05-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
19402712	MODULAR HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD	2025-11-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
19358184	DUAL-CAMERA APPARATUS FOR DERIVING DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS AND METHOD OF PERSONALI…	2025-10-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
15444489	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15812760	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15587262	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15336759	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15272956	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15342955	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15401520	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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