Topic

Photovoltaic Steady

9,720 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 45% above the four years before.

Allowance rate

59%

−17 pts vs the USPTO 8,968 decided

Months to first action

18.5 mo

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Applications

9,720.0

in the record

Allowed

5,273.0

3,695 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

H10F4,234 apps

H02S2,317 apps

H02J522 apps

H10K485 apps

F24S170 apps

H02M121 apps

Art units

17261,094 apps

17211,054 apps

1758680 apps

2836625 apps

1755483 apps

1757377 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Jayne L Mershon306 apps

64%

Docket Central266 apps

n/a

Golam Mowla263 apps

69%

Tamir Ayad219 apps

38%

Christina Chern209 apps

41%

Lindsey A Buck207 apps

44%

Mayla Gonzalez Ramos205 apps

64%

Angelo Trivisonno198 apps

48%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

FIRST SOLAR, INC.381 apps

52%

International Business Machines Corporation173 apps

80%

Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.167 apps

89%

SolarCity Corporation139 apps

72%

ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.134 apps

88%

JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.124 apps

81%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.195 apps

61%

MacMillan, Sobanski and Todd, LLC - FIRST SOLAR179 apps

56%

USCH Law, PC170 apps

89%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP162 apps

93%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION159 apps

100%

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast145 apps

65%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19624561	PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES WITH WAVELENGTH SHIFTING PHOSPHOR-GLASS COMPOSITE LAYER	2026-09-16	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623711	CHROMOPHORE, ENCAPSULANT FILM AND GLASS HAVING DOWN-CONVERSION CAPABILITY, AND PHOT…	2026-09-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
19621485	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BACK CONTACTED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS	2026-09-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
15754476	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15925650	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15331201	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15600926	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15898668	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15973400	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15797497	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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