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NIKON CORPORATION

4,823 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
74%
−2 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 75%
Rejections before allowance
1.6
level with the USPTO
Months to first action
19.1 mo
+0.5 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
33%
+6 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G02B Optical elements1,116 apps
G03F 889 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television867 apps
G03B 252 apps
H10P 229 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation135 apps

Art units

28821,036 apps
2872721 apps
OPAP177 apps
2622118 apps
2878112 apps
2662106 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19625750IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE2026-09-18Pending00n/a
19622714OPTICAL MEMBER DEFORMING APPARATUS, ABERRATION CORRECTION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL AP…2026-09-10Pending00n/a
19614666ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE, POWDER SUPPLY METHOD, AND POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE2026-08-12Pending00n/a
15195174Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15421504Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15941924Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15542093Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15583609Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15696551Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15791219Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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