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6,194 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

58%

−17 pts vs the USPTO range 57% to 59%

Rejections before allowance

0.9

−0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.3 mo

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

−21 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

B25B 310 apps

A63B 200 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing184 apps

A47B 169 apps

A47C 158 apps

H02K 141 apps

Art units

3723281 apps

3677215 apps

3636179 apps

2875175 apps

3637159 apps

3753150 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Hadi Shakeri79 apps

54%

David B Thomas68 apps

82%

Docket Central40 apps

n/a

Chuck Y Mah37 apps

76%

Robert J Scruggs32 apps

58%

William L Miller29 apps

93%

Danny Hong23 apps

65%

Jeffrey D O Brien20 apps

45%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.242 apps

67%

King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.92 apps

100%

I-TEK METAL MFG. CO., LTD.86 apps

86%

Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd.71 apps

66%

ACER INC.70 apps

54%

Pro-Iroda Industries, Inc.63 apps

68%

METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE49 apps

53%

Globe Union Industrial Corp.45 apps

84%

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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
19591134	GREENHOUSE SOLAR POWER GENERATION APPARATUS	2026-05-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19687487	SLIDE RAIL KIT	2026-05-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
19675580	Slide Rail Assembly	2026-05-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
15697612	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15342763	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15321227	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15937302	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15784902	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15560179	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15630332	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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