Topic

Function Steady

27,042 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -5% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

75%

level with the USPTO 24,590 decided

Months to first action

19.4 mo

+0.8 vs the USPTO

Applications

27,042.0

in the record

Allowed

18,339.0

6,251 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

G06F4,501 apps

H04L2,005 apps

A61K1,382 apps

A61B1,314 apps

H04W1,228 apps

H04N1,196 apps

Art units

OPAP939 apps

3791323 apps

2872265 apps

2836202 apps

2844199 apps

3792199 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central947 apps

33%

Jr, Gary A Porter35 apps

68%

Haris Sabah33 apps

94%

Chun Wu Dahle32 apps

50%

Jon Eric C Morales28 apps

96%

Susan Coe Hoffman27 apps

61%

Sheela Jitendra Huff27 apps

70%

Tommy D Lee27 apps

96%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.1,040 apps

77%

International Business Machines Corporation501 apps

90%

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA383 apps

89%

FANUC CORPORATION362 apps

85%

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.261 apps

85%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.243 apps

41%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

ScienBiziP, PC483 apps

44%

SUGHRUE MION, PLLC389 apps

72%

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.385 apps

63%

JCIPRNET321 apps

80%

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP311 apps

76%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.311 apps

77%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19628191	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING EXPRESSION OR FUNCTION OF EXCHANGE PROTEIN …	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19628008	RESCUE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ROPE-GUIDING FUNCTION	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627425	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A VEHICLE SAFETY FUNCTION	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15451729	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15274781	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15443245	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15426887	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15503682	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15441907	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15689401	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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