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THOMPSON HINE LLP / ITW

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695 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

68%

−7 pts vs the USPTO range 64% to 71%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

21.8 mo

+3.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

23%

−5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

A47L 172 apps

A47J 46 apps

F16B 41 apps

B26D 39 apps

F24C 36 apps

B60H 30 apps

Art units

1711117 apps

376253 apps

171442 apps

367740 apps

372429 apps

367526 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central17 apps

n/a

Rita P Adhlakha16 apps

88%

Jason Y Ko14 apps

64%

Spencer E Bell13 apps

50%

Benjamin Lee Osterhout12 apps

50%

Katelyn Whatley Smith10 apps

50%

Allen Schult9 apps

78%

Natalie F Huls8 apps

83%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.523 apps

74%

PREMARK FEG L.L.C.147 apps

51%

ITW FOOD EQUIPMENT GROUP LLC9 apps

44%

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT3 apps

100%

ITW LIMITED2 apps

50%

Dietrich BERNER1 apps

Harry Braun1 apps

100%

ILLNOIS TOOL WORKS INC.1 apps

100%

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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
19522986	CORE PROBE ASSEMBLY	2026-03-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19522958	DESCALING CIRCUIT	2026-03-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19523016	HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR COMBINATION OVEN	2026-03-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
15973723	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15874384	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15755715	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15670801	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15109117	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15522452	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15627551	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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