Topic

Thin film solar Steady

494 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -10% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

42%

−34 pts vs the USPTO 487 decided

Months to first action

20.1 mo

+1.5 vs the USPTO

Applications

494.0

in the record

Allowed

203.0

284 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

H10F398 apps

H10K26 apps

H10P12 apps

C23C8 apps

C25D7 apps

B32B5 apps

Art units

175870 apps

175554 apps

175745 apps

172635 apps

281232 apps

175428 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Matthew T Martin21 apps

24%

Tamir Ayad14 apps

14%

Christina Chern14 apps

23%

Jayne L Mershon14 apps

43%

Thanh Truc Trinh13 apps

33%

Devina Pillay12 apps

33%

Uyen M Tran11 apps

27%

Shannon M Gardner10 apps

20%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

SOLOPOWER SYSTEMS, INC.25 apps

64%

NEXPOWER TECHNOLOGY CORP.21 apps

29%

LG ELECTRONICS INC.20 apps

35%

KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY18 apps

47%

Applied Materials, Inc.16 apps

25%

International Business Machines Corporation15 apps

73%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP23 apps

30%

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV)21 apps

62%

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IP GROUP, P.C.17 apps

29%

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP12 apps

Sinorica LLC dba Thoughts to Paper12 apps

33%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION11 apps

100%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19607257	PEROVSKITE FILM, THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEROVSKITE FILM, AND ME…	2026-07-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19580664	Nickel Oxide Thin Film, Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Perovskite Solar Cel…	2026-04-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19523293	NON-CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE-BASED FLEXIBLE THIN FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE	2026-03-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
15137370	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15812338	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15433633	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15816752	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15249100	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15343114	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15619041	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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