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Law firm or agent

Akerman LLP / Sonos, Inc.

841 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate
97%
+22 pts vs the USPTO range 96% to 98%
Rejections before allowance
1.4
−0.2 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
12.7 mo
−5.9 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
35%
+7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing397 apps
H04R 134 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information86 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television72 apps
H03G 40 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes33 apps

Art units

265696 apps
265468 apps
265553 apps
244252 apps
265349 apps
265134 apps

Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Sonos, Inc.841 apps
97%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19628558Multi-Instance Architecture for Multi-Player Playback Device2026-09-25Pending00n/a
19627130Multi-Stream Audio Routing For Multi-Player Playback Device2026-09-23Pending00n/a
19588603Calibrating Playback Entities in Playback Networks Comprising Multiple Playback Ent…2026-05-19Pending00n/a
15314237Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15904812Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15716522Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15451892Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15709969Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15183040Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15685474Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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