Law firm or agent

SLATER MATSIL, LLP/TSMC

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3,557 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

89%

+14 pts vs the USPTO range 88% to 91%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.9 mo

−1.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

34%

+6 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H10W 1,312 apps

H10D 1,278 apps

H10P 319 apps

H10B 118 apps

G02B Optical elements88 apps

H10F 76 apps

Art units

OPAP1,000 apps

2898183 apps

2811171 apps

2818164 apps

2893163 apps

2817153 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central1,099 apps

n/a

Adam S Bowen25 apps

100%

Telly D Green22 apps

95%

Trang Q Tran19 apps

100%

William A Harriston17 apps

100%

Phat X Cao17 apps

76%

Tong-Ho Kim17 apps

100%

Peniel M Gumedzoe17 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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.3,422 apps

90%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, L11 apps

73%

National Taiwan University7 apps

100%

National Chiao Tung University3 apps

100%

TSMC Arizona Corporation3 apps

n/a

BARINGS FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT2 apps

100%

MAGO BARCA IP LLC2 apps

100%

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University2 apps

n/a

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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
19716464	EMBEDDED LENS STRUCTURES AND THE METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME	2026-06-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19716523	GAP-FILL AND BOND FILM INTERFACE OPENING IN OPTICAL APPLICATIONS	2026-06-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19714915	DISLOCATIONS IN GAA TRANSISTORS AND THE METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME	2026-06-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
15883590	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15420637	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15110171	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15293816	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15781601	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15780643	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15661830	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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