Facebook has filed 8843 patent applications at USPTO so far (excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 6604 have been granted leading to the grant rate of 90.34%.
Below are the key stats of Google’s patent prosecution at the USPTO:
Interestingly, the average grant rate of art units in which Facebook patents are examined is 73.17% which is well below the average grant rate of the USPTO.
Below is the allowance rate of top 10 GAUs of Facebook’s interest. Only 4 out of the top 10 GAUs of Facebook have the allowance rate which is more than their grant index.
| GAU | Total Applications | Allowance Rate |
| 2457 | 150 | 96.0% |
| 2872 | 146 | 96.43% |
| 3681 | 131 | 41.38% |
| 2171 | 128 | 92.08% |
| 2455 | 125 | 89.66% |
| 3622 | 116 | 27.54% |
| 3682 | 111 | 73.97% |
| 2447 | 97 | 91.03% |
| 2174 | 93 | 78.57% |
| 2454 | 93 | 88.89% |