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MASAO YOSHIMURA, CHEN YOSHIMURA LLP

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1,650 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

74%

−1 pts vs the USPTO range 72% to 76%

Rejections before allowance

1.1

−0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

17.2 mo

−1.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

11%

−16 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

H03H 243 apps

G02F 210 apps

H10D 180 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing100 apps

G02B Optical elements90 apps

H01G 74 apps

Art units

2871172 apps

2842142 apps

2837126 apps

284865 apps

287561 apps

281742 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Barbara Summons79 apps

97%

Jorge L Salazar Jr38 apps

97%

Dean O Takaoka21 apps

100%

Michael P McFadden18 apps

88%

Bryan P Gordon17 apps

76%

James A Dudek16 apps

69%

Docket Central16 apps

n/a

Jeffrey Donels15 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA571 apps

47%

TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.523 apps

92%

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.173 apps

89%

CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.160 apps

91%

ROHM CO., LTD.23 apps

91%

JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY16 apps

94%

STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.14 apps

86%

UNIHAIR CO., LTD.12 apps

17%

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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
19654824	MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CER…	2026-04-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19630940	METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING AND METHOD OF SIMULATING EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT FOR CAPACITOR, A…	2026-03-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19531312	MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE	2026-02-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
15490725	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15933749	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15857846	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15244893	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15311211	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15906731	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15228110	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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