Company or institution

Alcon Inc.

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2,196 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

92%

+16 pts vs the USPTO range 90% to 93%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.7 mo

+3.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

35%

+8 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61F 889 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification514 apps

B29D 124 apps

G02B Optical elements83 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body68 apps

A61K Medical preparations56 apps

Art units

2872231 apps

OPAP231 apps

3771153 apps

3774148 apps

3792108 apps

373184 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central236 apps

n/a

Mohammed A Hasan35 apps

100%

Chima U Igboko34 apps

97%

Michael F Pepitone33 apps

94%

Mathieu D Vargot32 apps

97%

Javier G Blanco30 apps

97%

William H Matthews29 apps

86%

Dawayne Pinkney23 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

ALCON INC.1,240 apps

89%

PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP - Alcon Inc.338 apps

94%

ALCON RESEARCH, LLC148 apps

99%

Fulton Jeang PLLC / Alcon75 apps

90%

Alcon Research, LLC c/o Levine Bagade Han LLP72 apps

100%

Haynes and Boone, LLP55 apps

100%

Quinn IP Law / Alcon52 apps

100%

Sanders IP Law-ALCON47 apps

100%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19714106	MULTIPLE CANNULA TROCAR ASSEMBLY	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19710926	MEMBRANE REMOVAL DEVICE	2026-06-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19701957	REAL-TIME SURGICAL REFERENCE INDICIUM APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS IM…	2026-06-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
15903784	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15578706	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15543848	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15552282	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15995189	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15362759	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15597729	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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