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Law firm or agent

Thomas E. Lees, LLC

497 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate
79%
+4 pts vs the USPTO range 76% to 83%
Rejections before allowance
1.4
−0.2 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
19.3 mo
+0.7 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
24%
−3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Trend

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G01N Investigating or analysing materials30 apps
A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification29 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing26 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes22 apps
G16H Healthcare informatics12 apps
B01L 10 apps

Art units

OPAP23 apps
179816 apps
377510 apps
283710 apps
366710 apps
379110 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

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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

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19591031BOW IMPROVEMENTS2026-05-27Pending00n/a
19590971LABORATORY MILL2026-05-27Pending00n/a
19590914METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY MILL2026-05-27Pending00n/a
15913781Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15903493Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15370497Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15544183Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15522163Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15761489Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15719376Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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