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PFU LIMITED

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629 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

86%

+10 pts vs the USPTO range 82% to 88%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.9 mo

−1.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

32%

+5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04N Pictorial communication, television219 apps

B65H 203 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing69 apps

G06V Image or video recognition34 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information32 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation18 apps

Art units

3653135 apps

267734 apps

267333 apps

267228 apps

OPAP22 apps

267519 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Prasad V Gokhale38 apps

89%

Howard J Sanders35 apps

90%

Cheukfan Lee27 apps

96%

Thomas A Morrison25 apps

89%

Docket Central24 apps

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Negussie Worku23 apps

96%

Jeremy R Severson22 apps

95%

Patrick D Cicchino22 apps

84%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP155 apps

87%

Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP136 apps

98%

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP125 apps

90%

HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP73 apps

78%

WHDA, LLP56 apps

70%

Rimon PC - MWE40 apps

71%

STAAS & HALSEY LLP15 apps

93%

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP14 apps

64%

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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
19683531	MEDIA FEEDING APPARATUS, MEDIA FEEDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM	2026-05-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19632912	IMAGER AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM	2026-03-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19561730	TRANSFER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM,…	2026-03-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
15262568	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15492169	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15918682	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15747557	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15480356	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15720801	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15590689	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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