Company or institution

Allergan, Inc.

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1,962 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

53%

−22 pts vs the USPTO range 51% to 55%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

12.2 mo

−6.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

26%

level with the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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Compared with the office

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

A61K Medical preparations1,019 apps

C07D Heterocyclic compounds259 apps

A61F 189 apps

C07K Peptides103 apps

A61L 85 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body81 apps

Art units

1645163 apps

1626140 apps

1627105 apps

1617100 apps

162196 apps

162581 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Carlos A Azpuru67 apps

69%

Zohreh Alemzadeh Fay65 apps

42%

Nita M Minnifield44 apps

82%

Gigi Georgiana Huang40 apps

33%

Suzette Jaime J Gherbi35 apps

71%

Irina Neagu30 apps

63%

Sean M Basquill29 apps

46%

Li N Komatsu28 apps

50%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

ALLERGAN, INC.1,655 apps

56%

Foley Hoag, LLP (w/AVR)70 apps

28%

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (OC)54 apps

61%

Mintz Levin/Abbvie36 apps

WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.32 apps

31%

Mintz Levin/San Diego Office24 apps

32%

McCarter & English, LLP/LifeCell14 apps

67%

Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA11 apps

13%

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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
19613762	ENHANCED ARTIFICIAL TEAR FORMULATIONS	2026-08-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19690624	INJECTION PARADIGM FOR ADMINISTRATION OF BOTULINUM TOXINS	2026-05-28	Pending	1	0	2.0 mo
19690776	INJECTION PARADIGM FOR ADMINISTRATION OF BOTULINUM TOXINS	2026-05-28	Pending	1	0	2.0 mo
15663212	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15582739	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15290477	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15471713	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15182435	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15467488	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15913805	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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