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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION_SDC18

58 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2015

Allowance rate
98%
+23 pts vs the USPTO range 91% to 100%
Rejections before allowance
1.7
+0.2 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
23.7 mo
+5.1 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
22%
−5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing32 apps
G11C Static stores10 apps
H03K 3 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information3 apps
B65B 2 apps
G11B 2 apps

Art units

28248 apps
21854 apps
21174 apps
21874 apps
28423 apps
21893 apps

Rejection fingerprint

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
14639720Systems, Circuitry, and Methods for Decoding Pulse Width Modulated Signal2015-03-05Allowed0012.6 mo
14600320System, Method and Apparatus to Relieve Stresses in a Semiconductor Wafer Caused by…2015-01-20Allowed1013.5 mo
14600342Selective Online Burn-In with Adaptive and Delayed Verification Methods for Memory2015-01-20Allowed1015.0 mo
15926075Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15295687Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15170572Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15859277Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15223935Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15886816Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15713002Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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