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YKK CORPORATION

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648 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

91%

+16 pts vs the USPTO range 88% to 93%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.4 mo

−2.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

24%

−3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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

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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

A44B 518 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics19 apps

B60N 17 apps

A47C 15 apps

F16B 11 apps

A41H 10 apps

Art units

3677492 apps

OPAP16 apps

174211 apps

37659 apps

37269 apps

36368 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Michael S Lee73 apps

88%

Rowland Do67 apps

95%

Louis A Mercado64 apps

97%

David M Upchurch61 apps

98%

Robert John Sandy49 apps

96%

Jason W San48 apps

91%

Jack W Lavinder46 apps

86%

Abigail E Troy27 apps

85%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - East Coast463 apps

91%

Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC63 apps

97%

ALSTON & BIRD LLP51 apps

82%

PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP48 apps

90%

JCIPRNET15 apps

100%

GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.2 apps

100%

Smith, Gambrell & Russell2 apps

100%

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC1 apps

100%

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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
19627054	SLIDE FASTENER WITH STOPPER AND PRODUCT WITH SLIDE FASTENER	2026-09-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19617167	SEPARABLE STOP FOR CONCEAL SLIDE FASTENER AND CONCEAL SLIDE FASTENER INCLUDING THE …	2026-08-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19616453	STOP FOR SLIDE FASTENER	2026-08-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
15513567	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15438742	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15281192	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15414980	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15771284	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15760468	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15856846	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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