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676 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

75%

level with the USPTO range 72% to 78%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

17.3 mo

−1.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

19%

−8 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

B65D Containers for storage or transport68 apps

E04B 25 apps

B65B 23 apps

E04F 22 apps

B64C 16 apps

A61F 13 apps

Art units

375443 apps

363528 apps

367126 apps

363322 apps

373119 apps

372517 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central15 apps

n/a

Joseph W Sanderson14 apps

100%

Michael Melaragno9 apps

89%

James J Buckle Jr8 apps

75%

Chi Q Nguyen8 apps

88%

Jimmy T Nguyen6 apps

83%

Hasan Z Islam6 apps

100%

Joel F Mitchell5 apps

40%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Advanced Architectural Products, LLC46 apps

89%

Scholle IPN Corporation41 apps

85%

Scholle Corporation24 apps

79%

IXI Technology Holdings, Inc.21 apps

100%

Scholle IPN IP BV19 apps

100%

JR Automation Technologies, LLC18 apps

76%

Lemken Gmbh & Co KG16 apps

63%

BandGrip, Inc.11 apps

55%

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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
19624112	PRODUCTION OF COLLAPSIBLE POUCHES HAVING A PLASTIC SPOUT, WHEREIN USE IS MADE OF A …	2026-09-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623354	TILTING MEDICAL TABLE	2026-09-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
19604793	MAGNETIC SCALE AND POSITION ENCODER	2026-07-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
15758021	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15694758	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15359244	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15317479	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15703476	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15796568	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15983054	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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