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1,989 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

84%

+9 pts vs the USPTO range 82% to 86%

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

23%

−4 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

G01N Investigating or analysing materials138 apps

H10D 81 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing71 apps

G02B Optical elements66 apps

G02F 63 apps

G01S Radio direction-finding, radar, sonar63 apps

Art units

OPAP63 apps

287746 apps

288445 apps

287436 apps

282835 apps

173234 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central65 apps

n/a

Mohamed K Amara14 apps

93%

Noah S Wiese12 apps

92%

Kuo Liang Peng10 apps

100%

Brian J Sines10 apps

100%

Christopher L Chin9 apps

100%

Igwe U Anya9 apps

100%

Jonathon Cook8 apps

88%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy1,232 apps

84%

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS RESPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY191 apps

85%

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY124 apps

84%

NAVY, THE U.S.A. AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE63 apps

89%

USA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, THE54 apps

91%

U.S.A. AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, THE36 apps

86%

NAVY, THE USA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE29 apps

86%

NAVY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE23 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
19674385	METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AN AUTONOMOUSLY TUNABLE INTERFERENCE TRACKING FILTER	2026-05-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
19670177	Plasma-enabled Liquid Filtration and Decontamination	2026-05-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19668207	SYNTHESIS OF LITHIUM-RICH IRON SULFIDES BY CHEMICAL LITHATION	2026-05-05	Pending	2	0	1.7 mo
15198383	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15146721	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15638813	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15188219	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15579312	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15222858	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15229801	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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