Company or institution

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.

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111 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2018

Allowance rate

51%

−24 pts vs the USPTO range 42% to 60%

Rejections before allowance

2.3

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.4 mo

+1.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

37%

+10 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

A61F 71 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification26 apps

C07K Peptides11 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials2 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body1 apps

Art units

373528 apps

373121 apps

377113 apps

37636 apps

37616 apps

16496 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Sunita Reddy7 apps

29%

Thaddeus B Cox6 apps

17%

Kaylee R Wilson5 apps

60%

Ryan J Severson4 apps

75%

Sara A Sass4 apps

75%

Richard G Louis4 apps

50%

Robert Clinton Hayes4 apps

Rachel S Highland4 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Brian E. Szymczak50 apps

26%

SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP37 apps

100%

Acuity Law Group, P.C.12 apps

17%

PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General3 apps

100%

ALLERGAN, INC.2 apps

MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.2 apps

Perkins Cole LLP - ReShape Medical2 apps

100%

GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C.1 apps

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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
16126326	ANCHORED NON-PIERCING DUODENAL SLEEVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS	2018-09-10	Abandoned	1	0	21.8 mo
16030098	METHOD OF IMPLANTING AN INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON	2018-07-09	Allowed	1	0	22.1 mo
15920382	PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PAIN USING ANTIBODIES TO LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID	2018-03-13	Abandoned	2	0	20.9 mo
15752369	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15146124	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15687517	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15977957	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15561982	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15277241	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15627335	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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