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NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

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3,349 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

82%

+6 pts vs the USPTO range 80% to 83%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

20.2 mo

+1.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

22%

−5 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

B01D 477 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials401 apps

H01M Batteries and fuel cells345 apps

H10P 304 apps

C04B 247 apps

F01N 168 apps

Art units

1784243 apps

OPAP218 apps

1795153 apps

1776125 apps

3761105 apps

283790 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central225 apps

n/a

Amber Rose Orlando85 apps

85%

Thanh P Duong63 apps

95%

James Leija48 apps

Elizabeth A Collister43 apps

98%

Vivian Ailinh Tran41 apps

65%

Nicholas W Jordan38 apps

89%

Mary I Omori38 apps

92%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.2,377 apps

84%

MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC363 apps

77%

OLIFF PLC181 apps

66%

FLYNN THIEL, P.C.179 apps

80%

Tomoko Nakajima118 apps

69%

Spencer Fane LLP90 apps

89%

BURR PATENT LAW, PLLC22 apps

79%

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF)3 apps

67%

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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
19649391	CO2 MASS ESTIMATION SYSTEM, EXHAUST GAS COMPOSITION RATIO ESTIMATION METHOD, AND CO…	2026-04-16	Pending	0	0	n/a
19634192	WAVEGUIDE MODE CONVERTER	2026-03-31	Pending	0	0	n/a
19634204	WAVEGUIDE DEVICE	2026-03-31	Pending	0	0	n/a
15787109	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15326761	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15879911	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15997321	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15533686	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15435247	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15112919	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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