Patent analytics/Firms

Law firm or agent

William M. Hobby, III

129 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2019

Allowance rate

60%

−15 pts vs the USPTO range 52% to 68%

Rejections before allowance

1.0

−0.6 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.0 mo

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

0%

−27 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

E03F 12 apps

B63B 6 apps

A63B 5 apps

A61F 5 apps

B05B 5 apps

F24F 5 apps

Art units

177813 apps

37527 apps

36155 apps

37115 apps

37694 apps

36434 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Christopher Upton11 apps

82%

Ana M Vazquez5 apps

40%

Robert J Popovics4 apps

100%

Kurt Fernstrom3 apps

33%

Ajay Vasudeva3 apps

100%

Jeanette E Chapman3 apps

100%

Jeffrey Brian Lipitz2 apps

0%

Marin Pichler2 apps

0%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

OLDCASTLE INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.11 apps

100%

SENNINGER IRRIGATION INC.4 apps

0%

ABG TAG & TRAQ, LLC3 apps

67%

FINFROCK INDUSTRIES, INC.3 apps

100%

Dolores J. Happel2 apps

100%

EXCELSIUS MEDICAL CO. LTD.2 apps

50%

IZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2 apps

0%

NATURAL AIR E-CONTROLS, LLC2 apps

50%

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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
16722596	BOAT TOWER VENTILATION SYSTEM	2019-12-20	Allowed	2	0	12.5 mo
16540771	CELL PHONE ATTACHMENT	2019-08-14	Allowed	0	0	10.1 mo
16441151	TOSSING GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD	2019-06-14	Abandoned	1	0	2.5 mo
15453475	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15938167	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15498745	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15947884	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15998386	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15409138	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15112356	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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