Netflix has filed 318 patent applications at USPTO so far (excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 224 have been granted leading to the grant rate of 97.82%.
The table below provides key stats of Netflix’s patent prosecution at the USPTO:
Comparison of the average grant index of Netflix, USPTO, and Art Units of their interest:
Allowance rate of top 10 GAUs of Apple’s interest
| Art Units | Total Applications | Allowance Rate |
| 2455 | 15 | 100.0% |
| 2448 | 11 | 100.0% |
| 2458 | 11 | 100.0% |
| 2481 | 10 | 100.0% |
| 2424 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2425 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2436 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2421 | 8 | 83.33% |
| 2484 | 8 | 100.0% |
| 2438 | 7 | 100.0% |
So far, in the top ten, there is only one Art Unit in which Netflix doesn’t have a perfect allowance rate of 100%. This reminds me of another interesting statistic–Do you know Amazon has a similar average grant rate (97.2%) at the USPTO? Plus, they have filed 14316 patent applications at USPTO.