Topic

Support Steady

46,742 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 0% above the four years before.

Allowance rate

75%

level with the USPTO 42,384 decided

Months to first action

18.8 mo

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Applications

46,742.0

in the record

Allowed

31,795.0

10,589 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

G06F3,958 apps

A61B1,682 apps

G06Q1,640 apps

H04L1,505 apps

H04W1,501 apps

A61G1,381 apps

Art units

36322,163 apps

36731,614 apps

OPAP1,505 apps

36361,190 apps

36311,004 apps

3732609 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central1,536 apps

Fredrick C Conley296 apps

83%

Amy Jo Sterling267 apps

78%

Gloria M Hale205 apps

82%

Anita M King194 apps

79%

Bradley Duckworth190 apps

72%

Nkeisha Smith188 apps

78%

Robert G Santos182 apps

77%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA607 apps

77%

International Business Machines Corporation517 apps

84%

Stryker Corporation503 apps

95%

QUALCOMM Incorporated445 apps

84%

Intel Corporation400 apps

85%

FUJIFILM Corporation397 apps

68%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

SUGHRUE MION, PLLC591 apps

73%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.577 apps

75%

OLIFF PLC465 apps

72%

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP354 apps

70%

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP322 apps

66%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP306 apps

71%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19880297	AREA-EFFICIENT ASYMMETRIC MULTIPLY-AND-ACCUMULATE UNIT DESIGN FOR VARIOUS HYBRID QU…	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19628800	APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AN ANCHOR, SUPPORT APPARATUS, FORMWORK ELEMENT, FORMWORK SYST…	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19628607	Web Conference Support System	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
15468754	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15186246	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15819660	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15884348	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15505151	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15455449	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15585504	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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