Patent analytics/Firms

Law firm or agent

Vanguard/IP LLP

34 applicationsfiled 2016 to 2026

Allowance rate

33%

−42 pts vs the USPTO range 16% to 56%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

12.1 mo

−6.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

40%

+13 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

H10F 17 apps

H02S 5 apps

A61G 2 apps

F16L 1 apps

H10D 1 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes1 apps

Art units

172610 apps

OPAP10 apps

17283 apps

37352 apps

28961 apps

36321 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central10 apps

n/a

Devina Pillay5 apps

25%

Lindsey A Buck2 apps

50%

Michael Y Sun2 apps

0%

Steven Alan Reynolds2 apps

0%

Daniel Patrick Malley Jr.2 apps

0%

Bipana Adhikari Dawadi1 apps

n/a

Laura Mary Menz1 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.24 apps

29%

BIAOTANGTU (BEIJING) EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD1 apps

n/a

DATANG SANYA FUTURE ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.1 apps

n/a

DB TRUSTEES (HONG KONG) LIMITED1 apps

100%

GUANGDONG DATANG INTERNATIONAL CHAOZHOU POWER GENERATION CO., LTD.1 apps

n/a

NANJING SHENGSHI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.1 apps

n/a

SHENHUA ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.1 apps

n/a

XSTO CO., LTD.1 apps

n/a

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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
19567087	Gyroscope-Based Dynamic Balance Control Method for an Electric Wheelchair	2026-03-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
19402990	System and Method for Monitoring and Treating Wind Turbine Gear Oil	2025-11-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19342679	ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR	2025-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
15856098	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15248929	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15173720	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15581696	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15115349	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15668044	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15471122	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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