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MICROSOFT CORPORATION

40,854 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate
81%
+5 pts vs the USPTO range 80% to 81%
Rejections before allowance
2.2
+0.6 vs the USPTO
Months to first action
21.2 mo
+2.6 vs the USPTO
Needed an RCE
52%
+25 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G06F Electric digital data processing20,134 apps
H04L Transmission of digital information5,408 apps
G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes3,455 apps
H04N Pictorial communication, television1,896 apps
G06T Image data processing or generation1,461 apps
G10L Speech analysis, synthesis, recognition1,129 apps

Art units

2191607 apps
2192534 apps
2194527 apps
2457481 apps
2161463 apps
2162440 apps

Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19714195INTERACTIVE CONCEPT EDITING IN COMPUTER-HUMAN INTERACTIVE LEARNING2026-06-19Pending00n/a
19710836TRACKING AND REPRESENTING VIDEO GAME HELP SESSIONS2026-06-17Pending00n/a
19709940COMPUTING DEVICE HEADSET INPUT2026-06-16Pending00n/a
15673224Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15588795Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15770422Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15127719Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15789610Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15607222Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15749546Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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