Patent AnalyticsExaminers
Rankings

Law firm or agent

DOLBY/Steinfl + Bruno

70 applicationsfiled 2008 to 2024

Allowance rate
86%
+10 pts vs the USPTO range 75% to 92%
Rejections before allowance
1.6
level with the USPTO
Months to first action
17.1 mo
−1.5 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
38%
+11 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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

Allowed in green, abandoned in red, pending in grey. The figures above and the charts that can be recomputed by filing year follow the span you pick.

Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

Unlock the comparison with the officeFree with an account. No card needed.

Create a free account

Trend

Allowance by filing year

Unlock the trendIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H04N Pictorial communication, television44 apps
G09G Control arrangements for displays6 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation5 apps
G06F Electric digital data processing5 apps
G10L Speech analysis, synthesis, recognition3 apps
G02F 2 apps

Art units

24948 apps
24825 apps
24875 apps
24894 apps
26674 apps
24814 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

Share of parsed office actions raising each ground; blue is the USPTO.

Unlock the rejection fingerprintIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

What works

Allowance by strategy used

Unlock what works for this filerIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Interviews

Does an interview help?

Unlock the interview figuresFree with an account. No card needed.

Create a free account

Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
18900462LOCAL AMBIENT COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS2024-09-27Pending2019.1 mo
18718142INTERACTIVE MOTION BLUR ON MOBILE DEVICES2024-06-10Allowed2123.8 mo
17995406SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING AUDIO IN VARIED ENVIRONMENTS2022-10-03Allowed3124.8 mo
15965535Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15951835Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15462906Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15100346Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15140198Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15396885Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15309284Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
Unlock all 70 applications, each with its full timelineIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in