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NICHIA CORPORATION

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3,360 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

98%

+23 pts vs the USPTO range 98% to 99%

Rejections before allowance

1.3

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

12.5 mo

−6.1 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

H10H 1,770 apps

H01S 338 apps

C09K 178 apps

F21V 168 apps

H10W 139 apps

G02B Optical elements132 apps

Art units

2875446 apps

2828238 apps

OPAP233 apps

2817147 apps

2899116 apps

1734111 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central240 apps

n/a

Carol M Koslow55 apps

100%

Tuan N Nguyen40 apps

100%

Feifei Yeung Lopez34 apps

100%

Mary Ellen Bowman34 apps

100%

Antonio B Crite30 apps

97%

Lynne Renee Edmondson29 apps

96%

Tan N Tran28 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP1,203 apps

99%

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/HAK639 apps

97%

Spencer Fane LLP617 apps

99%

Mori & Ward, LLP409 apps

99%

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP216 apps

99%

SQUIRE PB (DC Office)101 apps

98%

Kim & Stewart LLP - NICH39 apps

100%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.13 apps

100%

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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
19880496	NITRIDE PHOSPHOR, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE PHOSPHOR	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19629000	SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT AND WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING APPARATUS	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19617891	MEDICAL LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND MEDICAL LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM	2026-08-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15798567	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15383061	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15221540	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15798163	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15159207	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15890184	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15746057	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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