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Steven Fairchild

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79 applicationsfiled 2018 to 2025

Allowance rate

58%

−17 pts vs the USPTO range 42% to 72%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

21.2 mo

+2.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

+1 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

G02B Optical elements35 apps

C03B 5 apps

G16B Bioinformatics3 apps

A61K Medical preparations3 apps

A44C 2 apps

B42F 2 apps

Art units

287425 apps

OPAP13 apps

36774 apps

17414 apps

37323 apps

36192 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central13 apps

n/a

David M Upchurch3 apps

67%

Jerry T Rahll3 apps

n/a

Mark C Hageman2 apps

50%

Kaveh C Kianni2 apps

n/a

Tina Mei Seng Wong2 apps

100%

Ryan A Lepisto2 apps

100%

Lisa L Herring2 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Sterlite Technologies Limited44 apps

80%

CARDIAI TECHNOLOGIES6 apps

n/a

VersiFolio, LLC2 apps

CARDIAI TECHNILOGIES1 apps

n/a

Ddrops Company1 apps

n/a

FSCFP CORPORATION1 apps

n/a

Plasto Design Ltd1 apps

n/a

Stephanie Friede1 apps

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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

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19393172	Modular Notebook System	2025-11-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
19297070	FEW-MODE OPTICAL FIBER	2025-08-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
19260328	MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER WITH IMPROVED CROSSTALK	2025-07-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
15636643	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15669019	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15189789	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15702911	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15322402	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15307647	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15798293	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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