Company or institution

BASF SE

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9,923 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

62%

−13 pts vs the USPTO range 61% to 63%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.3 mo

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

30%

+3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

C07C 980 apps

A01N 867 apps

C08G 790 apps

C07D Heterocyclic compounds673 apps

B01J 567 apps

C08F 458 apps

Art units

OPAP473 apps

1765466 apps

1762465 apps

1616391 apps

1761387 apps

1763378 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central462 apps

n/a

John M Cooney112 apps

66%

John D Pak112 apps

43%

Sikarl A Witherspoon107 apps

87%

Brian J Davis95 apps

89%

Michael L Leonard82 apps

69%

Shane Fang72 apps

72%

Alton Nathaniel Pryor71 apps

59%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM)1,764 apps

63%

OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.1,431 apps

39%

MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP1,073 apps

67%

BASF SE1,035 apps

96%

Crowell/778 apps

46%

POLSINELLI PC749 apps

56%

Patent Docket Department671 apps

65%

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP/BASF (WM)544 apps

60%

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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
19882957	CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR BIODEGRADATION TESTING	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19881884	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRODUCT PASSPORTS	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19881147	MONITORING OF MATERIAL STORAGE OBJECTS	2026-10-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
15752008	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15357711	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15675919	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15651412	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15982906	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15420782	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15798983	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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