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5,548 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

73%

−3 pts vs the USPTO range 71% to 74%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.3 mo

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

22%

−5 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

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes364 apps

A61K Medical preparations250 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing213 apps

H02K 163 apps

A01G 121 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics104 apps

Art units

OPAP222 apps

3671190 apps

2834136 apps

2837108 apps

375285 apps

364167 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central222 apps

n/a

Arpad Fabian-Kovacs57 apps

77%

Ojo O Oyebisi32 apps

65%

Christopher J Novosad27 apps

85%

Wayne A Langel24 apps

83%

Jennifer A Smith22 apps

73%

Charles E Cooley21 apps

81%

Alicia M Torres20 apps

94%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Nidec Motor Corporation313 apps

85%

Mastercard International Incorporated302 apps

60%

Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC269 apps

90%

LINDSAY CORPORATION173 apps

73%

Kansas State University Research Foundation140 apps

81%

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.134 apps

99%

BREWER SCIENCE INC.119 apps

86%

Microchip Technology Incorporated103 apps

96%

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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
19883011	CONNECTOR FOR FURNITURE WALLS	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19883075	DECOY ICAM-5 RECEPTOR PROTEINS AND TREATMENT METHODS	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880025	ACTIVATED CARBON	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
15327024	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15114181	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15364532	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15821857	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15670101	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15555343	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15876315	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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