Topic

Hot melt Steady

735 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 16% above the four years before.

Allowance rate

68%

−8 pts vs the USPTO 638 decided

Months to first action

19.1 mo

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Applications

735.0

in the record

Allowed

432.0

206 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

C09J367 apps

B05C59 apps

C08G52 apps

C08L38 apps

A61K17 apps

B32B17 apps

Art units

176270 apps

176568 apps

174642 apps

176441 apps

178741 apps

176340 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central32 apps

n/a

Hui H Chin23 apps

87%

Christopher M Rodd14 apps

86%

Deve V. Hall13 apps

77%

Daniel H. Lee12 apps

50%

Nathan M Nutter12 apps

83%

Anish P Desai11 apps

56%

Michael M Dollinger10 apps

60%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA106 apps

76%

H.B. Fuller Company74 apps

67%

BOSTIK SA53 apps

80%

NORDSON CORPORATION31 apps

62%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.22 apps

95%

HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH19 apps

74%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

Henkel Corporation140 apps

69%

H.B. FULLER COMPANY76 apps

65%

ARKEMA INC.28 apps

83%

BakerHostetler / Nordson23 apps

67%

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY17 apps

65%

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY14 apps

69%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19881775	HOT-MELT ADHESIVE WITH IMPROVED SHEAR STRESS RESISTANCE	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19622136	QUICK CONNECT MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH HOT MELT APPLICATOR SOLENOID VALVE	2026-09-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
19608901	POLYOLEFIN-BASED HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION	2026-07-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
15205183	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15907865	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15555552	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15962067	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15892344	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15438224	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15390343	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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