Company or institution

Silicon Motion, Inc.

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1,297 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

90%

+15 pts vs the USPTO range 89% to 92%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

15.1 mo

−3.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

21%

−6 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

G06F Electric digital data processing1,029 apps

G11C Static stores138 apps

H03M 40 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television18 apps

G05F 10 apps

H03K 9 apps

Art units

2112122 apps

213989 apps

213782 apps

213581 apps

213279 apps

282478 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Kevin Verbrugge19 apps

95%

Esaw T Abraham17 apps

94%

Nicholas J Simonetti17 apps

94%

Tasnima Matin16 apps

88%

Jay W Radke15 apps

86%

Kyle Vallecillo15 apps

93%

Joseph D Torres14 apps

100%

Edward J Dudek Jr14 apps

86%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

NORTH AMERICA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION607 apps

92%

McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP301 apps

91%

Wang Law Firm, Inc.152 apps

85%

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP115 apps

95%

Yuan-Te Fu44 apps

88%

DUANE MORRIS LLP - San Diego23 apps

100%

Secant IP13 apps

46%

Foresight IP Services Inc.8 apps

88%

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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
19715130	METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLI…	2026-06-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19689986	DECODING METHOD AND DECODER DEVICE USED IN FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER CAPABLE OF REDUC…	2026-05-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19687090	DECODER SCHEME CAPABLE OF REDUCING FREQUENCY OF MEMORY READING AND WRITING DURING I…	2026-05-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
15385696	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15880466	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15540787	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15397962	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15576824	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15448173	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15779973	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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