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SONY CORPORATION

30,833 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
78%
+3 pts vs the USPTO range 78% to 79%
Rejections before allowance
2.0
+0.4 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
18.6 mo
level with the USPTO
Needed an RCE
40%
+13 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04N Pictorial communication, television6,681 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing3,614 apps
H04W Wireless communication networks1,973 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information1,571 apps
G11B 1,303 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation1,262 apps

Art units

2622568 apps
2662520 apps
2872498 apps
2422481 apps
2664464 apps
2627425 apps

Rejection fingerprint

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19704031IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD2026-06-10Pending00n/a
19702458IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD2026-06-09Pending00n/a
19584743ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS2026-05-05Pending00n/a
15910152Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15298281Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15500727Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15759433Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15730192Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15556565Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15738335Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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