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SUMCO CORPORATION

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771 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

78%

+3 pts vs the USPTO range 75% to 81%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

20.5 mo

+1.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

29%

+2 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

H10P 342 apps

C30B 188 apps

B24B 45 apps

C03B 42 apps

H10F 33 apps

H10D 31 apps

Art units

1714192 apps

372352 apps

171343 apps

OPAP30 apps

281226 apps

171623 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Hua Qi60 apps

86%

Robert M Kunemund47 apps

96%

Matthew J Song46 apps

91%

Docket Central27 apps

n/a

Kenneth A Bratland Jr23 apps

76%

Erin Flanagan Bergner10 apps

90%

Jonathan C Langman9 apps

33%

Jodi Cohen Franklin9 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.503 apps

81%

CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC60 apps

65%

Law Office of Katsuhiro Arai54 apps

92%

Bauer & Joseph39 apps

67%

KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C.27 apps

78%

SUGHRUE MION, PLLC22 apps

73%

TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP/Boston21 apps

90%

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP7 apps

71%

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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
19628900	METHOD OF EVALUATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR …	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19615079	NOTCH FORMATION POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, NOTCH FORMATION METHOD, WAFER MANUFA…	2026-08-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
19596399	DOPANT ADDITION DEVICE, DOPANT ADDITION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON SI…	2026-06-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
15584842	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15540091	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15221252	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15496539	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15999834	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15277401	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15190679	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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