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633 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

83%

+8 pts vs the USPTO range 79% to 87%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.3 mo

+3.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

20%

−7 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

H01M Batteries and fuel cells64 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information53 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing51 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks44 apps

G06Q Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial purposes28 apps

G02B Optical elements18 apps

Art units

PFMU85 apps

OPAP69 apps

375315 apps

287210 apps

36118 apps

37638 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Andrew D Stclair85 apps

100%

Docket Central64 apps

n/a

Tony H Winner7 apps

100%

Docket Stage6 apps

n/a

Christyann R Pulliam5 apps

20%

James Leija3 apps

Evan Matvey Abelson3 apps

n/a

Jay P Patel3 apps

67%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ZTE CORPORATION90 apps

72%

JIANGSU ZENERGY BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.40 apps

100%

DIGITAL CURRENCY INSTITUTE, THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA37 apps

86%

ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.26 apps

100%

CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED17 apps

100%

ALIBABA INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED13 apps

100%

ZHEJIANG HIKSTOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.13 apps

100%

JIANGSU ZENERGY BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES GROUP CO., LTD.11 apps

100%

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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
19880152	METHOD FOR CLOUD DISK CLONING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880151	METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED-LOCK PROCESSING, AND SYSTEM	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880154	CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD AND NETWORK INTERFACE CARD DEVICE	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
15771157	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15924732	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15297858	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15577050	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15736758	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15779871	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15234554	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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