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True Shepherd LLC (W)

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216 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2025

Allowance rate

90%

+14 pts vs the USPTO range 85% to 93%

Rejections before allowance

1.0

−0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

7.1 mo

−11.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

11%

−16 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

B01J 24 apps

C10J 13 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation10 apps

C01B 7 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing6 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials6 apps

Art units

172511 apps

173210 apps

16719 apps

28579 apps

17366 apps

17745 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jafar F Parsa9 apps

100%

Matthew J Merkling8 apps

100%

Jennifer A Leung5 apps

100%

Cam N Nguyen5 apps

100%

Nina Nmn Bhat4 apps

100%

John R Cottingham4 apps

100%

Sheng Han Davis4 apps

100%

Natalie F Huls4 apps

75%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

RES USA, LLC48 apps

100%

CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD12 apps

92%

CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)11 apps

80%

SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY7 apps

100%

University of Science and Technology Beijing7 apps

71%

Yanshan University7 apps

100%

GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY6 apps

100%

WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY6 apps

83%

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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
19153955	NETWORK-CONNECTED DEVICE, SMART CAR, SMART NETWORK SYSTEM AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM	2025-08-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
19063189	LEARNING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRA-PRECISION LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS BASED…	2025-02-25	Allowed	0	0	1.4 mo
19047670	INTEGRATED STORAGE EXPANSION MOBILE PHONE CASE	2025-02-07	Pending	1	0	19.7 mo
15181342	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15715728	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15258913	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15671508	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15490291	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15100390	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15583114	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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