Company or institution

LEAR CORPORATION

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1,721 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

84%

+8 pts vs the USPTO range 82% to 85%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

18.1 mo

−0.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

23%

−4 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

B60N 668 apps

H01R 231 apps

B60R 124 apps

B60L 75 apps

H05K Printed circuits41 apps

A47C 36 apps

Art units

3636480 apps

2831107 apps

283399 apps

285947 apps

283645 apps

363241 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Rodney Barnett White68 apps

89%

Milton Nelson Jr65 apps

97%

Timothy J Brindley43 apps

90%

Shin H Kim43 apps

84%

Philip F Gabler42 apps

84%

Sarah Burnham McPartlin33 apps

75%

Anthony Derrell Barfield32 apps

76%

Docket Central29 apps

n/a

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION975 apps

81%

MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - LEAR277 apps

82%

Reising - Lear142 apps

89%

ALSTON & BIRD LLP95 apps

95%

Lear / McGarry Bair PC79 apps

97%

LEAR CORPORATION64 apps

94%

DONALD J LENKSZUS44 apps

91%

HARNESS DICKEY (DETROIT)8 apps

88%

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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
19617835	DUAL SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS	2026-08-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19603046	WARP KNITTED SPACER FABRIC	2026-07-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
19599479	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SEAT SUBSYSTEMS WITH CENTRAL CONTROLLER	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
15886552	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15670447	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15610295	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15730643	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15705525	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15612471	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15746183	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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