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19,685 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

69%

−7 pts vs the USPTO range 68% to 69%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

17.6 mo

−1.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

26%

−2 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

H10D 902 apps

A61K Medical preparations750 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing698 apps

H01G 661 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification631 apps

H10H 560 apps

Art units

2837455 apps

2848417 apps

2881346 apps

2847232 apps

2875194 apps

2835176 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Nguyen T Ha129 apps

81%

Eric W Thomas123 apps

67%

David M Sinclair117 apps

51%

Docket Central79 apps

Dion Ferguson75 apps

73%

Mang Tin Bik Lian65 apps

63%

Tuyen T Nguyen53 apps

72%

Arun Ramaswamy49 apps

51%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.2,153 apps

52%

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY982 apps

75%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.980 apps

99%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.770 apps

73%

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.533 apps

69%

SUBARU CORPORATION449 apps

97%

SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.416 apps

52%

RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION405 apps

83%

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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
19880495	CONFOCAL AND PHOTOACOUSTIC HYBRID IMAGING DEVICE	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627026	SYMBOL RECOGNITION OF HANDWRITING INPUT SEQUENCES	2026-09-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623453	PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	2026-09-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
15376261	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15298870	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15126301	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15178831	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15625661	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15879752	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15978302	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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