Company or institution

Becton, Dickinson and Company

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3,707 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

91%

+16 pts vs the USPTO range 90% to 92%

Rejections before allowance

2.4

+0.8 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.9 mo

+3.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

48%

+21 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body1,745 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification517 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials448 apps

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids185 apps

A61J 120 apps

A61L 114 apps

Art units

37831,137 apps

3763363 apps

OPAP238 apps

3791214 apps

287787 apps

179881 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central240 apps

n/a

Bradley James Osinski77 apps

98%

William R Carpenter71 apps

84%

Phillip A Gray65 apps

97%

Deanna K Hall51 apps

98%

Kami A Bosworth49 apps

100%

Laura A Bouchelle46 apps

95%

James D Ponton46 apps

98%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Becton, Dickinson and Company /1,416 apps

92%

Kirton McConkie572 apps

93%

Dickinson Wright/ BD508 apps

95%

Servilla Whitney LLC/BDX356 apps

94%

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP190 apps

90%

BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LLP174 apps

93%

Dickinson Wright PLLC109 apps

100%

Scott J. Rittman, VP Intellectual Property92 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
19880964	CAM DRIVEN INDEX DRIVE MECHANISM	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880590	CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUBCUTANEOUS FLUID INFUSION	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627447	Syringe Plunger Stopper With Guidance-Enabling Internal Cavity	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15327414	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15780079	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15494891	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15905701	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15231567	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15631091	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15370375	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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