Topic

Communication communication non-transitory Steady

231 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -11% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

77%

+2 pts vs the USPTO 192 decided

Months to first action

17.4 mo

−1.2 vs the USPTO

Applications

231.0

in the record

Allowed

148.0

44 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

H04W115 apps

H04L62 apps

G06F18 apps

H04N12 apps

H04B9 apps

G16H4 apps

Art units

OPAP16 apps

24127 apps

26467 apps

24676 apps

24726 apps

26476 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central17 apps

n/a

John J Lee7 apps

100%

Marceau Milord5 apps

80%

Dac V Ha4 apps

100%

Mohammed Shamsul Chowdhury3 apps

67%

Michael T. Holtzclaw3 apps

Diane D Mizrahi3 apps

100%

Jay P Patel3 apps

100%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA79 apps

95%

NEC Corporation58 apps

61%

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA14 apps

100%

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.12 apps

73%

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA11 apps

55%

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA9 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

NEC-IPC50 apps

65%

Canon C/O Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP26 apps

92%

CANON U.S.A. INC. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISION20 apps

100%

Venable LLP17 apps

92%

Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP16 apps

100%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.13 apps

85%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19618825	CONTROL DEVICE, FAUCET SYSTEM, HOME SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE COMMUNICATION METHOD, AN…	2026-08-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
19618378	CONTROL DEVICE, FAUCET SYSTEM, HOME SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE COMMUNICATION METHOD, AN…	2026-08-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19616897	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AN…	2026-08-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
15749418	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15103133	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15773421	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15687101	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15353394	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15432498	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15224437	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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