Topic

Flow Steady

40,380 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -6% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

79%

+4 pts vs the USPTO 36,819 decided

Months to first action

20.2 mo

+1.6 vs the USPTO

Applications

40,380.0

in the record

Allowed

29,260.0

7,559 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

G01F3,280 apps

H04L2,371 apps

G06F2,134 apps

G01N2,117 apps

A61M1,851 apps

E21B1,746 apps

Art units

37532,551 apps

28552,042 apps

OPAP1,417 apps

37451,265 apps

2856805 apps

3763797 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central1,432 apps

Jewel Virgie Dowtin671 apps

95%

Harshad R Patel650 apps

89%

William M McCalister200 apps

78%

Minh Q Le145 apps

92%

Justin N Olamit118 apps

67%

Jessica Marie Cahill103 apps

86%

John Bastianelli100 apps

80%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

Unlock the examiners behind this topicIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Who files it

Companies and institutions

International Business Machines Corporation545 apps

90%

General Electric Company544 apps

67%

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.454 apps

90%

Applied Materials, Inc.291 apps

80%

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION288 apps

85%

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC246 apps

83%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

Unlock the filers behind this topicIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Who represents them

Law firms and agents

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP414 apps

80%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP396 apps

87%

NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC396 apps

78%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.394 apps

84%

SUGHRUE MION, PLLC274 apps

78%

PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS254 apps

64%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

Unlock the firms behind this topicIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in

Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19628215	VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTATION PLATFORM FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FLOW	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627426	USE OF KETAZINE-BASED REDOX SPECIES IN ELECTROLYTES FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627638	BREATHABLE GAS FLOW-GENERATORS WITH SOUND ABATEMENT DEVICE	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15712813	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15242580	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15764486	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15548620	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15619189	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15838721	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15800728	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

Unlock every application on this topic, with its timelineIncluded in Pro, from $29 a month. Cancel any time.

See plans Sign in