Cisco has filed 19046 patent applications so far. Out of this 15800 applications are granted leading to an impressive grant rate of 91.23% with USPTO.
But how does Cisco fare when compared with the average grant index of USPTO and Group art units of their interest? We used our Examiner Analysis tool to find the answer:
But how did Cisco manage to achieve such an impressive Grant index? To find the answer, let’s see the allowance rate of the top 10 art units where Cisco’s patents are examined within the USPTO. Only one among the top ten GAUs has an allowance rate of less than 90% for Cisco.
| Group Art Unit | Total Apps | Allowance Rate |
| 2616 | 519 | 99.23% |
| 2614 | 354 | 94.62% |
| 2617 | 353 | 90.08% |
| 2476 | 301 | 94.04% |
| 2416 | 276 | 96.95% |
| 2474 | 268 | 94.88% |
| 2457 | 253 | 92.92% |
| 2466 | 243 | 89.18% |
| 2473 | 240 | 94.12% |
| 2462 | 238 | 95.87% |