Topic

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1,619 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -57% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

85%

+10 pts vs the USPTO 1,590 decided

Months to first action

16.3 mo

−2.3 vs the USPTO

Applications

1,619.0

in the record

Allowed

1,351.0

239 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

H10F792 apps

H04N621 apps

G02B40 apps

H10K31 apps

H03M27 apps

G03F15 apps

Art units

2878184 apps

2622145 apps

2661126 apps

2662101 apps

266475 apps

266360 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Yogesh K Aggarwal37 apps

94%

Kevin K Pyo30 apps

90%

Albert H Cutler29 apps

81%

Gevell V Selby26 apps

96%

Pritham David Prabhakher25 apps

96%

Tony Ko24 apps

92%

Thanh X Luu24 apps

88%

Tuan V Ho23 apps

96%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

SONY CORPORATION371 apps

91%

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA305 apps

90%

SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION224 apps

92%

FUJIFILM Corporation69 apps

70%

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA61 apps

70%

PANASONIC CORPORATION52 apps

50%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

Sheridan Ross P.C.232 apps

91%

Venable LLP192 apps

88%

CHIP LAW GROUP138 apps

90%

CANON U.S.A. INC. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISION120 apps

95%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.95 apps

82%

MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (SONY)76 apps

92%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19589983	COMPOUND, ORGANIC THIN FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, IMAGE SENSOR, PHOTOS…	2026-05-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19589571	COMPOUND, ORGANIC THIN FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, IMAGE SENSOR, PHOTOS…	2026-05-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
17130760	LIGHT-SHIELDING COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, COLOR FILTER, LIGHT-SHIELDING FILM, SOLID-…	2020-12-22	Allowed	0	0	24.9 mo
15845614	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15449584	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15730701	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15854370	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15735132	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15646068	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15527707	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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