Company or institution

SEMES CO., LTD.

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1,769 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

84%

+8 pts vs the USPTO range 82% to 86%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

23.2 mo

+4.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

35%

+7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H10P 1,320 apps

H01J 121 apps

B41J 71 apps

B05B 19 apps

G03F 17 apps

C23C 15 apps

Art units

1711191 apps

1716178 apps

OPAP176 apps

1714106 apps

171797 apps

171884 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central179 apps

n/a

Sylvia Macarthur39 apps

79%

Eric Wayne Golightly28 apps

96%

Benjamin Lee Osterhout26 apps

92%

Jethro M Pence23 apps

100%

Yewebdar T Tadesse20 apps

88%

Margaret D Klunk19 apps

35%

Ram N Kackar19 apps

63%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.672 apps

82%

PNJ IP Law, P.C.272 apps

90%

WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP214 apps

93%

CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP209 apps

82%

Li & Cai Intellectual Property(USA) office92 apps

72%

PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP77 apps

88%

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC51 apps

78%

DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP42 apps

80%

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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
19658868	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TREATING SUBSTRATE	2026-04-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19638554	METHOD OF TREATING SUBSTRATE INCLUDING IDENTIFYING CONDITION OF SUBSTRATE	2026-04-03	Pending	0	0	n/a
19566411	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD	2026-03-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
15872321	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15182893	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15185261	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15592349	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15460178	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15405191	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15570509	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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