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SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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19,594 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

67%

−9 pts vs the USPTO range 66% to 67%

Rejections before allowance

1.3

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.6 mo

level with the USPTO

Needed an RCE

16%

−11 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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

H04N Pictorial communication, television2,441 apps

G02F 2,335 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks1,881 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing1,530 apps

G09G Control arrangements for displays1,501 apps

G03G 1,172 apps

Art units

28711,572 apps

2852813 apps

2875687 apps

OPAP396 apps

2625266 apps

2624233 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central401 apps

James A Dudek104 apps

79%

Phu Vu81 apps

84%

Nathanael R Briggs72 apps

49%

Sang V Nguyen68 apps

56%

Jessica M Merlin68 apps

28%

Dung T Nguyen66 apps

65%

Edmond C Lau65 apps

52%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

SBPJ/ScienBiziP, P.C.5,477 apps

72%

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA4,691 apps

67%

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP3,233 apps

60%

NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC1,810 apps

60%

RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP906 apps

76%

Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.654 apps

63%

MASAO YOSHIMURA, CHEN YOSHIMURA LLP571 apps

47%

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP566 apps

61%

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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
19880799	TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880965	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING-BASED BE…	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880610	TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
15577009	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15238816	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15903983	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15319918	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15192729	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15782052	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15662147	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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