Topic

Ink ink Steady

965 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -14% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

81%

+6 pts vs the USPTO 902 decided

Months to first action

17.6 mo

−1.0 vs the USPTO

Applications

965.0

in the record

Allowed

732.0

170 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

C09D693 apps

B41J123 apps

C09B43 apps

B41M38 apps

C08F20 apps

D06P7 apps

Art units

2853406 apps

176282 apps

173480 apps

173162 apps

179351 apps

176441 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Manish S Shah157 apps

90%

Helene G Klemanski111 apps

94%

Veronica F Faison40 apps

90%

Vu Anh Nguyen40 apps

85%

Rut N Patel32 apps

88%

Patrick Dennis Niland31 apps

71%

Doris L Lee30 apps

57%

Jeffrey Eugene Barzach28 apps

43%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION253 apps

76%

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA200 apps

95%

FUJIFILM Corporation150 apps

73%

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.144 apps

85%

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA16 apps

100%

DIC Corporation13 apps

73%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

Venable LLP159 apps

94%

HARNESS DICKEY (DETROIT)139 apps

74%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.109 apps

90%

NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP71 apps

76%

Solaris Intellectual Property Group, PLLC61 apps

85%

CANON U.S.A. INC. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISION53 apps

94%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19628933	INKJET INK COMPOSITION FOR TEXTILE PRINTING	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627989	INK COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCUIT BOARD, CIRCUIT BOARD, PRIMER, AND COA…	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627423	PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF MICRO/NANO SCALE FLUOROSILICONE POLYMER-COATE…	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15517946	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15534911	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15295375	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15271590	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15655276	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15649014	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15553904	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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