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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION_SDC9

431 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2015

Allowance rate
89%
+13 pts vs the USPTO range 86% to 92%
Rejections before allowance
1.1
−0.5 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
13.7 mo
−4.9 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
15%
−12 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G11C Static stores231 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing105 apps
H10B 26 apps
H02M 21 apps
H10W 10 apps
G05F 7 apps

Art units

2827117 apps
282484 apps
282518 apps
211217 apps
281617 apps
284212 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
14841003NITRIDED TUNGSTEN VIA2015-08-31Allowed107.0 mo
14836730WORD LINE HOOK UP WITH PROTECTED AIR GAP2015-08-26Allowed008.9 mo
148254053D NAND Memory with Socketed Floating Gate Cells and Process Therefor2015-08-13Allowed005.0 mo
15335423Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15888079Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15707398Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15404423Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15369850Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15852928Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15394113Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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