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Van Hoven PC (Waymo)

41 applicationsfiled 2021 to 2026

Allowance rate
100%
+25 pts vs the USPTO range 84% to 100%
Rejections before allowance
1.8
+0.2 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
18.6 mo
level with the USPTO
Needed an RCE
54%
+27 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

B60W Vehicle control22 apps
G06V Image or video recognition11 apps
G01C 2 apps
G01S Radio direction-finding, radar, sonar2 apps
G08G Traffic control1 apps
G05D Control of non-electric variables1 apps

Art units

36658 apps
36694 apps
36624 apps
36613 apps
OPAP3 apps
36562 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Waymo LLC41 apps
100%

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What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19702707DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS USING CAMERA-RADAR FUSION2026-06-09Pending00n/a
19664922TRAJECTORY PREDICTION FROM MULTI-SENSOR FUSION2026-04-30Pending00n/a
19375856PRIVACY-RESPECTING DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF SOUNDS IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPLI…2025-10-31Pending00n/a
15219194Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15293754Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15466143Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15536798Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15406131Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15107238Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15115555Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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