Company or institution

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

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314 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2011

Allowance rate

62%

−13 pts vs the USPTO range 57% to 67%

Rejections before allowance

3.2

+1.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

30.1 mo

+11.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

60%

+32 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

G06F Electric digital data processing212 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information27 apps

H05K Printed circuits15 apps

G11C Static stores12 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes9 apps

H03K 5 apps

Art units

218347 apps

21938 apps

21878 apps

21968 apps

21897 apps

21957 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jacob Andrew Petranek12 apps

67%

Idriss N Alrobaye6 apps

100%

Matthew A Bradley5 apps

100%

George Giroux5 apps

80%

Richard L Ellis4 apps

100%

Corey S Faherty4 apps

75%

Jared Ian Rutz3 apps

100%

David J Huisman3 apps

67%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Lathrop/Oracle124 apps

65%

BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK52 apps

54%

PVFD -- Oracle America, Inc.44 apps

45%

Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Oracle)40 apps

75%

ORACLE AMERICA, INC.17 apps

76%

Oracle / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP17 apps

65%

ORACLE (including formerly dba Sun Microsystems)14 apps

64%

PENILLA IP, APC4 apps

75%

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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
13241007	SECURE CONFIGURATION OF A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK	2011-09-22	Allowed	3	0	8.8 mo
12984074	OPTIMIZING PCB POWER AND GROUND CONNECTIONS FOR LEAD FREE SOLDER PROCESSES	2011-01-04	Abandoned	4	1	19.2 mo
12707364	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCROLLING THROUGH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE LIST CONTROL	2010-02-17	Abandoned	2	0	28.1 mo
15656952	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15349013	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15207869	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15371943	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15469828	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15523655	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15504060	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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