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BioNTech SE

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158 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

84%

+9 pts vs the USPTO range 74% to 91%

Rejections before allowance

2.1

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

25.2 mo

+6.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

47%

+20 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61K Medical preparations78 apps

C07K Peptides30 apps

A61P Therapeutic activity of compounds12 apps

G16B Bioinformatics6 apps

C07D Heterocyclic compounds6 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes6 apps

Art units

OPAP28 apps

164412 apps

164210 apps

16718 apps

16438 apps

16377 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central28 apps

n/a

Marianne Dibrino5 apps

60%

Isaac Shomer5 apps

100%

Shanon A Foley4 apps

100%

Bradley Duffy4 apps

100%

Catherine S Hibbert3 apps

67%

Phillip Gambel3 apps

100%

David A Montanari3 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

BioNTech (2013237)64 apps

78%

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP28 apps

67%

MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP22 apps

83%

Lathrop GPM LLP19 apps

90%

MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD7 apps

100%

Olson & Cepuritis, LTD.4 apps

100%

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP3 apps

100%

FOLEY HOAG, LLP (w/BIO)2 apps

n/a

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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
19881970	INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR AGENTS FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVATION OF IMMUNE EFFECTOR CELLS	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19617137	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS	2026-08-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19599112	CFC1 BINDING MOLECULE	2026-06-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
15702872	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15129610	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15880112	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15299391	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15887493	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15184712	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15582647	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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