LG has filed 65293 patent applications at USPTO so far (excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 48235 have been granted leading to the grant rate of 86.86%.
The table below provides key stats of LG’s patent prosecution at the USPTO:
Notably, the abandonment/rejection rate of LG (13%) is half compared to the average rejection rate of its GAUs (25%). Also, the allowance rate (or Grant Index) of LG is higher than the average grant index of USPTO and their GAUs.
Allowance rate of top 10 GAUs of LG’s interest:
| GAU | Total Applications | Allowance Rate |
| 2871 | 2838 | 95.45% |
| 3744 | 1429 | 72.01% |
| 1711 | 1371 | 75.13% |
| 2629 | 1240 | 73.79% |
| 2875 | 880 | 94.44% |
| 2879 | 876 | 86.89% |
| 2617 | 758 | 80.34% |
| 2464 | 687 | 96.32% |
| 2872 | 635 | 88.96% |
| 1726 | 619 | 84.41% |
5 out of the top 10 GAUs of LG have the allowance rate less than its average grant index. 3 among these 5 GAUs have a grant rate even lower than the average grant index of LG’s GAUs.
