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WesternGeco L.L.C.

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566 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2020

Allowance rate

72%

−3 pts vs the USPTO range 68% to 76%

Rejections before allowance

2.1

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

26.7 mo

+8.1 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

G01V 517 apps

E21B 15 apps

B63B 8 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing6 apps

H04B Transmission3 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation3 apps

Art units

3645267 apps

285755 apps

366339 apps

286424 apps

285821 apps

286516 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Ian J Lobo85 apps

65%

Krystine E Breier70 apps

77%

Daniel L Murphy68 apps

65%

Mark Hellner27 apps

89%

Hovhannes Baghdasaryan19 apps

53%

Toan M Le16 apps

94%

James R Hulka12 apps

83%

Ari M Diacou7 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

WESTERNGECO L.L.C.345 apps

67%

WESTERNGECO L. L. C.146 apps

82%

Schlumberger Technology Corporation46 apps

80%

PINNACLE VENTURES, L.L.C.1 apps

100%

REFLECTION MARINE NORGE AS1 apps

100%

SCHLUMERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION1 apps

100%

SHELL OIL COMPANY1 apps

SHERWOOD SERVICES AG1 apps

100%

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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
17252484	CASCADED MACHINE-LEARNING WORKFLOW FOR SALT SEISMIC INTERPRETATION	2020-12-15	Allowed	4	1	40.1 mo
15734081	GEOLOGICAL FEATURE SEARCH ENGINE	2020-12-01	Allowed	2	1	29.3 mo
17052695	SEISMIC DATA INTERPRETATION SYSTEM	2020-11-03	Allowed	1	1	19.9 mo
15206482	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15665830	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15298952	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15810047	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15770848	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15303121	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15587842	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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