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SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP

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5,597 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

72%

−4 pts vs the USPTO range 70% to 73%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

18.5 mo

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

27%

level with 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

H10P 310 apps

B65D Containers for storage or transport213 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks208 apps

H01S 195 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information192 apps

B01J 168 apps

Art units

2828133 apps

3734122 apps

173691 apps

OPAP90 apps

171679 apps

373266 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central93 apps

n/a

Christopher R Demeree74 apps

100%

Sikarl A Witherspoon45 apps

86%

Timothy C Vanoy39 apps

97%

Cam N Nguyen37 apps

92%

Phillip D Schmidt24 apps

96%

Gregory A Wilson17 apps

94%

Henry Choe17 apps

94%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.517 apps

84%

FUJITSU LIMITED431 apps

68%

UMICORE AG & CO. KG315 apps

81%

SUBARU CORPORATION304 apps

98%

TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED286 apps

66%

Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.178 apps

98%

EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH139 apps

60%

SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.114 apps

87%

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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
19627564	HIGHLY VISCOUS, MULTIMODAL POLYAMIDE COMPOSITION	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627607	SIMULATION-DATA BASED PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR GAS SEPARATION PLANTS	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19626815	PLANT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A FIBRE FROM A POLYMER SOLUTION	2026-09-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
15611483	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15570824	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15686838	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15693290	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15598249	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15259161	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15611607	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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