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Transmission motor vehicle Steady

348 applications338 decided

348 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 60% below the four years before.

3-year grant rate
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Allowance rate
76%
level with the USPTO
Rejections before allowance
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Months to first action
20.6 mo
+2.0 vs the USPTO
Applications
348
in the record
Allowed
256
82 abandoned
Still pending
10
3% of the applications
Months to a decision
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In plain words

On “transmission motor vehicle”, 76% of decided applications were allowed, against 75% for the USPTO. The first action takes 20.6 months on average.

Timeline

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Grant rate from the first action

Share allowed, by months after the first office action

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance over time

How fast applications are allowed, or abandoned

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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After a response

Which grounds are withdrawn after a response

How often each ground is gone from the next action once it has been answered.

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

Allowance rate among decided cases where each move was used at least once, against the USPTO.

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Interviews

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Allowance with and without an examiner interview, and how often interviews happen.

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Odds by round

Chance the next action is an allowance

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Response clock

Days from a response to the next action

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Quarter-end timing

When allowances land in the fiscal quarter

Allowances by week of the USPTO fiscal quarter. An even spread would put 15% in the last two weeks.

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Cited art

References cited most against these applications

From the rejections in the most recently decided applications.

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Trend

Allowance rate by filing year

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Appeals

What happens on appeal

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Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

The examiners with the most of these applications.

Examiner 160 apps63%
Examiner 251 apps80%
Examiner 343 apps56%
Examiner 434 apps74%
Examiner 526 apps52%
Examiner 617 apps71%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

The filers with the most applications on this topic.

Company 160 apps63%
Company 251 apps80%
Company 343 apps56%
Company 434 apps74%
Company 526 apps52%
Company 617 apps71%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

The firms with the most applications on this topic.

Firm 160 apps63%
Firm 251 apps80%
Firm 343 apps56%
Firm 434 apps74%
Firm 526 apps52%
Firm 617 apps71%

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The record in depth

Every application, every decision, in view

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19581675METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF A TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE2026-04-24Pending00n/a
19528792LUBRICANT COMPOSITION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION2026-04-15Pending00n/a
19526636MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE COMPRISING A CONTROLLABLE TRANSMISSION SCREEN2026-04-08Pending00n/a
15267680Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15928500Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15896187Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15805946Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15320325Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15169477Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15582858Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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