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6,609 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

74%

−2 pts vs the USPTO range 72% to 75%

Rejections before allowance

2.2

+0.6 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.0 mo

+1.4 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

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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

H04W Wireless communication networks1,519 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information738 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing549 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television349 apps

H04B Transmission318 apps

H04M Telephonic communication155 apps

Art units

2645117 apps

246793 apps

246492 apps

246190 apps

264989 apps

264685 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Timothy Lewis Maust33 apps

91%

Docket Central29 apps

Gerald McClain27 apps

100%

William A Jerez Lora24 apps

87%

Qin Zhu23 apps

90%

Alexander J Krzystan22 apps

90%

Frederick C Nicolas21 apps

100%

Brian D Nguyen18 apps

83%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Nokia Technologies Oy2,534 apps

87%

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy895 apps

72%

NOKIA CORPORATION565 apps

30%

NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY176 apps

41%

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA171 apps

77%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.158 apps

62%

Persimmon Technologies Corporation146 apps

97%

OT WSOU TERRIER HOLDINGS, LLC114 apps

93%

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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
19612694	PNEUMATIC VALVE SYSTEM	2026-08-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
19598229	PRECURSOR FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AND SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE USING SAME	2026-06-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19674769	NON-TOXIC FORMULATION FOR COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING A…	2026-05-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
15742505	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15538577	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15735470	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15586036	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15983697	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15861148	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15802197	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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