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DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP

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23,107 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

76%

level with the USPTO range 76% to 77%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

19.2 mo

+0.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

24%

−4 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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification1,148 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes852 apps

B60W Vehicle control803 apps

A61K Medical preparations789 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing772 apps

H01M Batteries and fuel cells718 apps

Art units

OPAP999 apps

3612656 apps

3747397 apps

3763301 apps

3661282 apps

3668230 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central1,002 apps

n/a

Dennis H Pedder79 apps

89%

Gregory A Blankenship65 apps

95%

Kiran B Patel63 apps

97%

Joseph Pape59 apps

95%

William L Miller53 apps

94%

Lori Lynn Lyjak51 apps

96%

Jason S Daniels48 apps

93%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA4,548 apps

79%

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.1,445 apps

88%

Saudi Arabian Oil Company740 apps

93%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION430 apps

98%

General Electric Company410 apps

91%

Allstate Insurance Company378 apps

98%

ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.267 apps

87%

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.243 apps

94%

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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
19883068	OPTICAL AMPLIFIER FOR AMPLIFYING LASER RADIATION, LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR…	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19882647	LIGHT HARVESTING COMPONENT	2026-10-06	Pending	0	0	n/a
19882442	ANTIBACTERIAL SULFONYL OXADIAZOLES	2026-10-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
15924062	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15136355	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15596594	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15950182	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15190520	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15107183	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15763404	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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