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Tomoko Nakajima

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699 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

73%

−3 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 76%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.9 mo

−1.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

17%

−10 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

C23C 55 apps

H01R 55 apps

H10P 44 apps

F23D 44 apps

E02F 27 apps

H10H 25 apps

Art units

376239 apps

283137 apps

179432 apps

OPAP31 apps

283328 apps

375223 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central31 apps

Rodney Glenn McDonald13 apps

85%

Patrick S Ott10 apps

67%

Jason Berman9 apps

67%

Phuong K Dinh8 apps

88%

John Joseph Brayton7 apps

57%

Thomas M Dougherty6 apps

83%

Aaron H Heyamoto6 apps

67%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ULVAC, INC.125 apps

67%

NGK INSULATORS, LTD.118 apps

69%

RINNAI CORPORATION75 apps

77%

IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.58 apps

84%

YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.42 apps

95%

SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.32 apps

75%

SENJU SPRINKLER CO., LTD.25 apps

74%

YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.24 apps

91%

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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
19606257	Vapor Deposition Source for Vacuum Vapor Deposition Apparatus and Vacuum Vapor Depo…	2026-07-15	Pending	0	0	n/a
19523254	HEAT SOURCE APPARATUS	2026-03-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
19556192	WORK MACHINE	2026-03-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
15818728	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15546703	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15779919	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15989456	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15695589	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15390812	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15967233	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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