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Steven L Nichols

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133 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2023

Allowance rate

48%

−27 pts vs the USPTO range 40% to 57%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

17.1 mo

−1.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

19%

−8 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

A61K Medical preparations17 apps

H03M 15 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing14 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes11 apps

B60B 6 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body5 apps

Art units

281916 apps

161910 apps

17618 apps

36176 apps

21356 apps

36955 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Eisa B Elhilo7 apps

100%

Lori K Mattison6 apps

Mohamed M Gebril6 apps

50%

Joseph J Lauture5 apps

80%

Jean Bruner Jeanglaude5 apps

100%

Jason R Bellinger4 apps

Paul Schwarzenberg3 apps

67%

Jyothsna A Venkat3 apps

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

CINNABAR SEMICONDUCTORS, INC18 apps

100%

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA18 apps

39%

THSTYME BERMUDA LIMITED8 apps

63%

CLARENDON FOUNDATION, INC.7 apps

43%

REYNOLDS CYCLING LLC6 apps

17%

TECHNEST HOLDINGS, INC.5 apps

Falkbuilt Ltd.4 apps

100%

Santeri Holdings LLC4 apps

75%

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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
18366450	IDENTIFIABLE PHYSICAL FORM, SALES INSTRUMENTS, AND INFORMATION MARKETPLACE FOR COMM…	2023-08-07	Allowed	2	0	24.2 mo
18359586	IDENTIFIABLE PHYSICAL FORM, SALES INSTRUMENTS, AND INFORMATION MARKETPLACE FOR COMM…	2023-07-26	Abandoned	2	0	9.2 mo
18334153	THERMAL POWER UNIT-FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE COOPERATIVE FREQUENCY REGULATION CONTROL…	2023-06-13	Allowed	0	0	15.2 mo
15542914	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15337903	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15574372	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15374971	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15213269	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15731882	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15725544	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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