Company or institution

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG

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736 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2015

Allowance rate

36%

−39 pts vs the USPTO range 33% to 40%

Rejections before allowance

2.0

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.7 mo

level with the USPTO

Needed an RCE

25%

−2 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

C08G 212 apps

C07C 53 apps

C09D 38 apps

C08L 35 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics33 apps

B32B 26 apps

Art units

176590 apps

176354 apps

179645 apps

178739 apps

176736 apps

176634 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Michael L Leonard45 apps

40%

Rabon A Sergent30 apps

23%

John M Cooney27 apps

33%

Melissa A Rioja24 apps

29%

Thao T Tran13 apps

92%

Martin J Angebranndt13 apps

62%

Michael M Dollinger13 apps

23%

Patrick Dennis Niland12 apps

33%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Covestro LLC221 apps

40%

POLSINELLI PC212 apps

18%

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM)161 apps

35%

McBee Moore & Vanik, IP, LLC49 apps

27%

K&L GATES LLP-Pittsburgh33 apps

79%

THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C.26 apps

100%

NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN, PA7 apps

29%

Briscoe, Kurt G.4 apps

50%

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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
14784443	PROCESS FOR WORKING UP WASTE WATER FROM NITROBENZENE PREPARATION	2015-10-14	Allowed	0	0	20.0 mo
14782857	POLYESTER POLYOLS WITH LONG-CHAIN POLYETHER POLYOL BUILDING BLOCKS AND USE THEREOF …	2015-10-07	Allowed	2	1	9.6 mo
14781799	HIGH-TEMPERATURE (CO)POLYCARBONATES CONTAINING PHTHALIMIDE AND HAVING IMPROVED RHEO…	2015-10-01	Allowed	1	0	8.7 mo
15824254	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15980170	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15677787	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15579100	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15937690	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15768801	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15525842	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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