Topic

Positioning Steady

19,497 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 25% above the four years before.

Allowance rate

80%

+5 pts vs the USPTO 16,935 decided

Months to first action

19.6 mo

+1.0 vs the USPTO

Applications

19,497.0

in the record

Allowed

13,619.0

3,316 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

G01S3,075 apps

H04W2,830 apps

A61B1,717 apps

H04L650 apps

G06F493 apps

G01C488 apps

Art units

OPAP948 apps

3648727 apps

3646474 apps

3673367 apps

2642366 apps

3662351 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central941 apps

Harry K Liu283 apps

92%

Dao Linda Phan163 apps

92%

Fred H Mull155 apps

74%

Kabir A Timory138 apps

98%

Gregory C Issing136 apps

55%

Cassi J Galt110 apps

61%

Chuong P Nguyen107 apps

85%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

QUALCOMM Incorporated1,796 apps

90%

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.330 apps

84%

Nokia Technologies Oy297 apps

92%

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)266 apps

83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.213 apps

88%

Apple Inc.166 apps

89%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM547 apps

96%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED538 apps

85%

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP/Qualcomm236 apps

97%

Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - QUAL229 apps

98%

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.207 apps

62%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP201 apps

93%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19880396	USER EQUIPMENT (UE) IMPLEMENTATION TO OPPORTUNISTICALLY SWITCH TO HIGHER BANDWIDTH …	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19628840	METHODS TO IDENTIFY VALID DATA SAMPLES FOR AI/ML MODEL TRAINING FOR POSITIONING	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19628078	METHOD FOR POSITIONING VEHICLE BLIND SPOT SENSOR	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
15333209	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15264051	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15270323	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15212639	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15362860	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15832787	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15675786	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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